Watch this Before Buying a Wine Fridge - Guide on which Wine Storage Cooler is Best for You
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2021
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Soooo if you watched my video on wine storage and serving temperature, you saw that my wine fridge died. RIP. So I did research on wine fridges and coolers and basically became a wine fridge expert. Here are some tips on what to look for in your next wine fridge: Compressor vs Thermoelectric, Single vs Dual Zone, Bottle capacity and more. If you're looking for an inexpensive wine cooler, check out Ivation on Amazon. Links below:
Ivation 18 Bottle Thermoelectric $199.9
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Ivation 28 Bottle Compressor $289.99
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I ended up buying the Wine Enthusiast VinoView 36 Bottle Compressor through Costco. Stay tuned for my unboxing and review.
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such an informative video! the bordeaux sizing is so misleading
For real misleading advertising
Oooh, this was so helpful. Thank you for sharing!
I'm ready to spring into spring with these wines. Nice selections Vivian!
Very informative. Thanks for creating the video!!!
Loved this review. Good to note the one you bought is not for BUILT-IN purposes. I am looking for a built-in for a wine bar and I went with the N'FINITY SD Dual Zone Wine Cellar (Stainless Steel Door) from Wine Enthusiast. This model/brand was more than I had originally planned to spend on a wine cooler, but after looking through brands this seems on par with what quality built-ins are going for.
This is very informative. Thank you. Unfortunately if you age wines at all, even just a couple of bottles, the common wine fridge is a threat and I am looking for some advice short of building a wine cellar that I won't be building. If you like older pinots or cabs and don't want to buy wines already aged at that premium then storing yourself is a necessity. I'm a big fan of burgundies, for example, and even most of the cheaper bottles of Cote d'Or pinots benefit from laying them down for 5-10 years. I have a 34 bottle Frigidaire wine cooler which I've recently placed a sensor in and have tracked its performance on temp and humidity. In order to maintain a 55 deg F internal temp I have to keep the thing set at 49. Not a problem. As for humidity, this is where one major problem kicks in. When the compressor kicks in it sucks the humidity out. Wine should be kept at 50-70% humidity. The unit averages only 40% but cycles constantly between 20% and 60%. I've added a pan with a sponge and a giant bovada humidity block but neither made a difference. The compressor just sucks out all moisture when it runs and it runs frequently (like for 1-2 hours every 4-5 hours). If you or anyone can recommend a cheaper unit or economical method for maintaining humidity that would be superb.
thank you
Im preparing my home for sale and want to replace the wetbar dink area with a wine cooler.
The part I don't understand is which ones can go in a cabinet (built-in or freestanding). If the ventilation is at the bottom on the front, would it matter which one?
I jut got a nutrichef wine cooler, like 18 bottle cap. came in yesterday, letting it settle for 24hr before I plug it in.
watching your vid, I probably would have gotten the wine enthusiast from Costco. mainly for the guarantee part.
all the reviews on the various brands etc were all sort of iffy. mine included.
do I feel lucky. well do ya? - punk? as Clint said thru gritted teeth.
hopefully I'm luckier.
Was looking for a cheap fridge for my first one and failed to consider bottle size and even now my Pape Clement bottle only fits on one shelf and very, very tightly at that... More research for the next time around I guess lol
if you think you will fill a 40 bottle fridge, buy a 100 frige.
Any changes in view a year later? Was looking at this 43 bottle Hamilton beach dual zone from coscto but two arrived damaged
Would like to know as well how it's holding up a year later! I was not picky on dual-zone vs not. I am not an *avid* wine drinker but I like to have at least 8-10 bottles on hand. I bought one that holds "26 bottles".
Update on the fridge is in the works! Stay tuned!
@@TheSommNextDoor can you give me a tldr version pls. wondering if i should order or not now. thanks!
@@mcmickey3344 I had to replace mine because it started making noises so you may want to go with another brand
@@TheSommNextDoor So sorry to hear. What are you going with next? I was eyeing this 51 bottle samsung dual zone from Costco, it was on sale for $1149 but today the price just went up to $1299 :(. I just want something reliable and good capacity. So weird why wine coolers can't consistently last more than a year or two in the kind of entry level price range
Thermoelectric coolers use a "TEC" or a "peltier" cooler. This is a ceramic element that has a hot side and a cold side. When you apply power to it, one side heats up, and one side gets cool. However these devices work by only being capable of produce a maximum temperature difference from the ambient conditions.
This is because the hot side and cold side are connected to each other. The colder you want one side to become, the hotter you have to make the other side. If you make it too hot, because they are connected, the heat just conducts to the other side and you end up with no difference in temperature.
Now the "exterior temperature" comes in to play because you need a way to get rid of the hot side's heat. The larger the temperature difference in 2 things, the more heat you can transfer out. So what you're seeing is that if the room is lets say 80 degrees, then the hot side + heat sink + fan can only exhaust so much heat with that temperature difference. Lets say it can only get rid of enough heat for a 30 degree difference. This means that using the 80 degree air, fan, and heat sink, it can only get it down to 50 degrees on the cold side before the rest of the heat is too much and just conducts over to the cold side from the hot side.
as far as "eco friendly" is concerned, these devices have no refrigerant, no coolant, or anything "ozone destroying" in them. Just a fancy ceramic element. As far as efficiency is concerned they are absolutely terrible and consume far more energy than they use for cooling. They are quiet because the ceramic element is a solid state device. So they just stick a heat sink and small fan on it, and thats all it does. No large compressor to rattle or turn on.
So if the temp is hotter than 80F, then the ceramic can no longer keep the inside colder than 50? I live in a place that is waay too hot in the summer so I guess thermoelectric is out of the question.
Btw most websites say thermoelectrics are supposed to save electricity. That not true?
Honestly tho, most cities’ summers go above 80F. Where do you all put your coolers?? And no we don’t have a basement here in LA!
@@lcglazer TECs absolutely do not save energy. They are terribly inefficient. They might be good for really small applications where you don't need much "cold" and that's where the electricity saving comes from.
And that's right. If your tec can cool a 30 degree difference, than if it goes up to 90 degrees it will only cool down to 60 degrees. Also those numbers were examples. The TECs might cool more or less. Youd have to check out the module on Amazon to see what is specified.
@@lcglazer I think they assume air conditioning. But it's expensive as hell to keep the house below 80 on a hot day.
Compressor units don't suffer this drawback at all because they're miniature refrigerators. So they can basically freeze your wine if needed.
Best advice, keep it on the cool side of the house that the sun doesn't hit?
What temperature can I store both white and red wines in a single zone wine refrigerator?
I recommend 50-55F. Anything around there is great for both red and white wines
55
I thought 50 would be good… now im buying a second 100 bottle fridge
Simple design with good lighting , temperature and that maybe fine but for extreme enthusiast then design Do yourself i s best
I bought two “185 bottle” coolers… in reality when you have removed shelving to fit rhone and champ etc it fits under 250 lol. So misleading!
Yes it is misleading. I realize it's important to also look at the dimensions. Wow only 250 that's WAY under what they promised.
@@TheSommNextDoor I would say 90% of my bottles are NOT Bordeaux or Bordeaux style bottles so basically every other shelf needs to be removed and even with stacking up bottles on top of each other you essentially cut the storage in half
I bought the same exact one from Costco. 4 months in ... it took a dump.... not very pleased with it.... I know Costco will refund my money... but what to get now....since I don't want the same crap again??????
Sorry to hear that your fridge stopped working. Thank goodness for the warranty. If you want to look outside of the Wine Enthusiast brand, I've heard good things about Kalamera but they can be pricey.
@@TheSommNextDoor Thank you for the suggestion, will do.
Very fencyyyy...
“Holds 18 Bordeaux or 5 Turley bottles.”
Have to work on your speech tempo, hard to hear every other word extended to no end