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Group: rec.food.equipment · Group Profile
Author: Dee DeeDee Dee Date: Aug 11, 2008 06:18
On Aug 11, 6:15Â am, "Kent" comcast.net> wrote:> "claudia" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> news:1143826839.251519.123090@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> In our remodel, we are planning to install a small under counter wine>> cooler or beverage cooler. Â Would appreciate brand, model
>> recommendations anyone may have. Thanks.
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> I wouldn't get one, unless your frig won't hold what you're going to consume
> in the very near future. Neither red nor white wines gain anything by being
> "aged" in a refrigerator. Â I've never been able to understand how the vendor
> pulls it off. This is uniquely true if you're economizing kitchen space, and
> you need all the space you can have. I have a 1,200 bottle cellar of aging
> wines. They sit in a lower level at a constant[hopefully] temp. of about
> 50-55F.
> Good Luck,
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> Hugh
Figure out how many wines you want to keep on hand and then decide if
it is an adequate for your needs/wants.
I don't have a cellar, nor the time to 'age' it, as I am already of
that age.
However, I have/had a choice when I took out the compactor to put in a
small wine cooler where it was, as they do make them that particular
size.
After much thought, I am still using that space for a waste-basket.
Must more useable.
I would only advise it if you drink white wine a lot and have a
smallish refrigerator. We usually keep a couple of whites in a
separate refrigerator as we are basically red wine drinkers. I keep a
wine rack full of red wines on the lower floor of the house, keeping
it on 4-5 shelves, arranged by price generally. I never keep it long
enough to worry whether it's 65º or 72 or 55F.
I think it is a 'cool' look for a kitchen, and sorta the fad now as
they seem to be advertised a lot. If I were to buy one, I'd buy it a
Costco or BJ's in case it didn't hold up. After you pick out one,
read the reviews at Amazon.
Dee Dee
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