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Wine Enthusiast 272 03 06 Silent Wine Refrigerator

agent99 — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:00:07 +0000

You can still enjoy wine chilled to their recommended drinking temperatures even if you do not have a large wine refrigerator (because your apartment or condo unit is too small for one) if you have an open space on your kitchen wall. If you do, you can hang a Wine Enthusiast 272 03 06 Silent Wine Refrigerator on it and store and chill six wine bottles.

This hanging wine refrigerator saves on floor and counter space. At the same time, it spruces up your wall and allows you to access your wines without bending down. The bottles lie horizontally on five chrome racks and on the bottom shelf with their bodies instead of their bases facing outward. Thus, you can have their labels displayed so you won’t have to take the bottles out to read them.

An environmentally friendly solid state thermoelectric cooling system that does not use CFCs chills your bottles. As this system has very few moving parts, it is silent and vibration-free. With a temperature range starting at 45° to 68°F, you can chill all types of wines from Sauterne, through Champagne, Chablis, Chardonnay, Beaujolais, to Cabernet Sauvignon.

Temperature can be adjusted via a digital touchscreen control panel mounted at the top end of the glass door. It has a temperature display which can be set to show Celsius or Fahrenheit, along with six buttons for power on/off, light, C°/F° setting, preset, and the temperature increase and decrease switches.

A dual pane glass door helps keep the interior of the refrigerator cool by insulating it, keeping cool air from leaking out and warm air from seeping in. It is opened by a recessed door handle keeping the exterior clean and free from protrusions.

Wall mounting hardware comes with the Wine Enthusiast 272 03 06 Silent Wine Refrigerator. It has dimensions of 30.25″ H x 17″ W x 6.75″ D, and weighs 29 lbs.

Haier HVTS06BSS Wine Cellar

agent99 — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:32:01 +0000

Designed for beginning collectors and for persons whose kitchens do not allow them to install larger wine coolers, the Haier HVTS06BSS Wine Cellar has a footprint of only 1.33 square feet. This compact wine refrigerator is meant to sit on your kitchen counter as a freestanding unit cooling six bottles of your favorite wine.

Made of stainless steel and a glass door that allows you to peer into its interior, the cooler blends well with any other appliance as well as any kitchen décor. At the upper section of the door are touch screen digital controls that adjust temperature settings and an LCD display showing temperature readings.

The glass door is encased in a stainless steel frame, at the right side of which is a recessed door handle. The glass part of the door consists of dual panes that insulate the cooler preventing the exit of cold air from its interior and the entry of warm air. It also filters ultraviolet rays as these could adversely affect your wine’s aroma and taste.

Inside the cabinet are two full-width wire racks that are coated with chrome. Each of these carries two wine bottles that are illuminated with a soft interior light. These are scalloped to keep the bottles and the wine sediments from getting agitated. The bottom shelf holds two more bottles.

The Haier HVTS06BSS Wine Cellar is equipped with a thermoelectric cooling system that is both noise- and vibration-free. This is because moving parts are kept to a minimum. The cooler is also environmentally friendly, as it does not use chlorofluorocarbons that could harm the ozone layer.

The cooling system can bring temperatures inside the cabinet down to 46° – 65°F, allowing you to chill Champagne and Asti at 46° or Bordeaux and Burgundy at 65°, and all the other types of wines in between.

N’Finity 23 Model 273 02 23 03 Compact Wine Cellar

agent99 — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:00:53 +0000

The stainless steel trim of the glass door of the N’Finity 23 Model 273 02 23 03 Compact Wine Cooler stands out against the backdrop of the black cabinet. At the same time, although the tinted glass door somehow obscures the handsome hardwood fronts of the shelves, they are still very much visible as their light finish contrasts with the black interior. These features result in an attractive wine cellar that is sure to complement and beautify any kitchen or bar.

Apart from its appealing looks it also quite functional. It has two cooling zones whose temperatures can be set independently of each other, thus allowing you to store different wine types at the same time. The upper zone has a range of 41° – 60°F while the lower zone has 45°F – 64°. The former, therefore, can be used for your dessert or sparkling wines, all kinds of whites, as well as light-bodied reds; while the latter is suited for all types of white wines to the rich, spicy, and warm reds.

The wine cellar’s control panel is mounted on the zone partition. It consists of the on/off, thermostat adjustment, zone switch (used when choosing which zone temperature you want to adjust), and light switch buttons. In addition to these are two LED digital displays indicating the temperature levels in the two cooling zones. There are also three blue lights labeled “red”, “white”, and “sparkling”. Each of these lights up when their corresponding recommended storage temperature is set. For instance, if temperature is set at 64°F, the “red” light comes alive.

The bottles are cradled in a total of six hardwood shelves, with each cooling zone having three. They run on ball bearing slides making storage and withdrawal of bottles convenient. They are designed to carry 23 bottles whether they are of the regular Bordeaux size, or the larger Pinot Noir, Champagne, or Chardonnay.

The N’Finity 23 relies on a compressor for cooling the wine bottles. It is vented at its front, making it possible to install it as a built-in unit. With measurements of 15″ W x 26″ D x 35″, it should be easy to find a space for it under your kitchen or bar counter.

Koolatron WC08 Wine Cooler

agent99 — Thu, 13 May 2010 23:00:26 +0000

Featuring a footprint of a shade less than 1½ square feet, you can easily find a place for the Koolatron WC08 Wine Cooler on your kitchen countertop. If you have a bar in your living area or den, you can also install this compact wine cooler there. With its simple yet stylish design, it easily blends into any kitchen, bar, or den. It has a black cabinet body, with a silver trim on the door frame enclosing a dual-paned glass door.

The cooler has a capacity of eight bottles. It can be used by beginning collectors as well as those who have wine cellars in their basements but want to have a few bottles readily accessible. These bottles are cradled on three wire racks, at two each, that are scalloped to keep the wine bottles from rolling and thus disturbing the wine sediments. The bottom shelf of the cabinet holds another two bottles. For convenient cleaning, the racks can be removed.

The interior of the wine cooler is colored black. A soft light is mounted on the ceiling providing illumination to the wine bottles should you wish to showcase your collection. It also helps when reading the labels of your wine.

Utilizing a thermoelectric cooling system, the Koolatron WC08 Wine Cooler is an environmentally friendly appliance. It does not use chlorofluorocarbons that could harm the ozone layer. It is also energy-efficient as it relies on Peltier elements for cooling. The system also has a minimum of moving parts which results to lesser vibration and noise, the former being conducive to keeping the wine sediments still inside the bottles.

A digital control panel is mounted on the top door frame to regulate the cooler’s temperature. It consists of an on/off switch, light switch, up and down arrow buttons, and a digital temperature display. This display can be set to show temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit.

Dimensions of the Koolatron WC08 Wine Cooler are 10.25″W x 19.7″D x 19.5″ H.

Haier HVTS04 Wine Cooler

agent99 — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:00:22 +0000

Finished in glossy black with a glass door through which the stored wine bottles are clearly visible, the Haier HVTS04 Wine Cooler blends seamlessly with any type of kitchen décor or motif. With its dimensions of 6.5″ W x 21″ D x 17.5″ H, it occupies only a small portion of your kitchen or bar countertop.

The HVTS04 is a compact wine cooler with a capacity of four bottles. It is intended for small kitchens, or as a cooler for installation in your private study or bar supplementing the bigger cooler in the kitchen or the wine cellar in the basement. The bottles are cradled in three chrome wire racks and the bottom shelf. These are dished to prevent the bottles from rolling over and disturbing the wine sediments. A soft blue light illuminates and displays the bottles.

The glass door is framed in black but it is fitted with a curved stainless steel handle. It has two glass panes that help insulate the cooler, sealing cool air inside. At the top of the frame are the controls for temperature adjustment along with an LED display indicating internal temperature. This can be set either in Celsius or Fahrenheit. Also on the frame is the switch for the interior light.

A thermoelectric cooling system allows the setting of temperature levels from 46 – 65°F. This means that you can store sparkling, white, and red wines. Since the cooling system employs solid state technology, it is vibration-free, quiet, and energy-efficient. It is also environmentally friendly as it does not utilize harmful chlorofluorocarbons.

Cuisinart Private Reserve Wine Cellar CWC-800

agent99 — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:43:38 +0000

With a footprint that is only slightly bigger than one-and-a-half square feet, it is easy to find a suitable spot on your kitchen or bar counter for the Cuisinart Private Reserve Wine Cellar CWC-800.

The CWC-800 is a compact wine cooler that can hold eight bottles of your favorite wine, whether sparkling, white, rosé, or red, in four chrome wine racks. These are contoured to the shape of the bottles to keep them from rolling over and disturbing the wine sediments. However, they are not suited for bottles larger than the 750 mL kind.

Chilling of the wine relies on a solid state thermoelectric cooling system. Thus, it is quiet, vibration-free, energy-efficient, and perhaps most important, environmentally friendly. This is because it does not use chlorofluorocarbons.

An electronic touchpad mounted inside the wine cellar along with a blue LED display allows the adjustment of temperature to the desired level. This can be as low as 39°F for your sparkling wines and perhaps light-bodies white wines to 68°F for your full-bodied red wines. This range, however, varies with the ambient temperature.

The cabinet exterior of the Cuisinart Private Reserve Wine Cellar CWC-800 is in a stainless steel finish. This makes it suitable for most kitchens or bars. This is especially true if there are other appliances in the kitchen made of stainless steel.

The cooling chamber is painted in black but is equipped with a soft interior lighting system that illuminates your bottles. The light has a steady on switch for a dramatic display of your collection through the glass door. The door is dual paned which serves to insulate the cooler from hot air. It is also tinted to keep harmful ultraviolet rays from your wine bottles.

The wine cellar measures approximately 11 inches wide, 20 deep, and 17 high.

Vinotemp VT-18TEDS Thermoelectric Wine Cooler

agent99 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:59:34 +0000

Having a width of only 14 inches makes the Vinotemp VT-18TEDS Thermoelectric Wine Cooler one of the slimmest wine coolers around. It is thus easy to find a place for its installation. With a height of 25.5 you can place it on a table top, although it might be too tall for your countertop especially if there are cupboards above them. Its depth is 21.5 inches.

The wine cooler sports a stainless steel frame encasing a dual pane glass door. A tubular door handle that is also made of stainless steel spans almost the entire height of the right door frame. All these luster stand out in contrast with the black cabinet exterior and interior of the cooler.

The glass door allows the display of your wine collection. With a soft blue light in the interior illuminating your bottles, a dramatic exhibition can be achieved. Apart from this, the glass door also plays an important role in keeping your wine chilled. The two glass panes provide excellent insulation for the cooler, keeping warm air from seeping into the interior and preventing cool air from leaking out. Further, they keep harmful UV rays from your wine bottles.

The wine bottles rest on five scalloped wire racks and the bottom shelf, three to each for a total of 18 wine bottles. The undulating shelves are meant to keep the bottles from rolling and disturbing the wine sediments.

For as long as the cooler has an ambient temperature of 77°F or below, its thermoelectric cooling system can cool your wines to their appropriate storage temperatures without excessive noise or vibration. The reason is the system does not use a compressor that could emit a purring sound and vibrate when activated.

A further advantage of a thermoelectric system is that it does not use harmful chlorofluorocarbons that could deplete the ozone layer. Also, its power consumption is minimal, thus making it a very environmentally-friendly wine cooler.

Digital push buttons and an LED temperature display are used to control temperature levels. Once set to a desired level, the cooler maintains the temperature along with humidity.

Marvel 30WCM-BB-G Wine Cooler

agent99 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:59:39 +0000

Owing to the several variations of the Marvel 30WCM-BB-G Wine Cooler, there is sure to be one that suits your kitchen or bar counter. It is available in a monochrome black cabinet with black interior, monochrome white with white interior, and black cabinet and a stainless steel-framed door with black interior. The door can also be fitted with a custom overlay. The wood trim of the shelves are equally customizable to suit your kitchen décor and appliances.

The wine cooler is slim, measuring only approximately 15 inches wide, which makes it easy to fit in narrow openings. It is 34.25 inches tall which is just about the height of a kitchen or bar counter. Its depth is 23.625 inches. These dimensions, along with its front vent, make it suitable for a built-in installation.

The Marvel 30WCM-BB-G Wine Cooler has six wine racks that can be pulled out. To keep the bottles secure, they feature built-in safety stops. These are trimmed with white maple which can be stained with your preferred tones. Together, the racks can hold a total of 23 wine bottles.

A compressor-based cooling system brings temperatures down to 40° to 65°F, thus allowing you to cool most types of wine from sweet, though sparkling, white, rosé, to red wines. An auto defrost system prevents the build up of ice on the interior walls. Intuitive touch controls and an LED display showing current temperature enables the adjustment of temperature levels. These are mounted discreetly inside the refrigerator.

An exclusive feature of most Marvel wine coolers is the MicroSentry Refrigeration Monitor. This is intended to maintain the set temperature at a constant level. If a huge deviation occurs, the cooler emits both visual and audible signals. This protects your wine from harmful dramatic temperature fluctuations.

To help maintain constant temperature in the cooler, the dual-paned glass door is injected with Argon, an inert noble gas that has a low thermal conductivity, thus keeping heat out of the cooler interior. The glass door also resist UV rays that could adversely affect your wine.

Sunpentown WC-06 Thermoelectric Wine Cooler

agent99 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:59:24 +0000

With the inconvenient truth of an ozone layer that is slowly being depleted by our use of CFCs and HCFCs to cool ourselves as well as our food and drinks, plenty of people are switching to alternative means of cooling whenever feasible. In the case of wine, there are wine enthusiasts who now use thermoelectric coolers like the Sunpentown WC-06 Thermoelectric Wine Cooler.

The Sunpentown WC-06 is a freestanding countertop wine cooler that carries six bottles on its three shelves. Two of these can be pulled out for easy storage and retrieval of bottles. The third shelf is the bottom of the cabinet. The shelves are scalloped to prevent the wine bottles from rolling over and disturbing the wine sediments.

The outer shell of the cooler has a platinum finish with a matching reflective glass door, protecting the wine inside from harmful UV rays. With this type of finish, it easily blends with other kitchen tools and gadgets on the countertop. The dimensions of this wine cooler are 10″ W x 20″ D x 15.5″ H qualifying it as a compact but useful appliance.

Wine bottles are chilled by a thermoelectric cooling system. This consists of a solid state heat pump that transfers heat from the inside of the cooler to the outside simply by the use of electric energy. Without any compressor, vibration is minimized if not eliminated. Noise is also reduced to about 30 dB, a sound comparable to quiet whispers in a library.

Temperature can be set from 44° to 66°F using the touch-sensitive buttons on the control panel. An LED display indicates temperature levels.

Front leveling legs are fitted on the cooler to enable it to adjust to uneven surfaces.

Vinotemp VT-12TEDS Thermoelectric Wine Cooler

agent99 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:57:06 +0000

There are plenty of people who enjoy a glass or two of wine with their dinner who are not really into building a huge collection of the best wines available. For them, a small- to medium- capacity wine cooler is more than sufficient, such as a Vinotemp VT-12TEDS Thermoelectric Wine Cooler.

The 12TEDS has room for twelve 750 ml wine bottles. It has four shelves, each carrying three bottles. The top three are made of chrome which can be pulled out to make storage and retrieval of wine bottles quick and easy. The fourth is the fixed bottom shelf of the cooler. An interior light illuminates the bottles when the door is opened, allowing you to read their labels.

Measuring only 18 5/16″ H x 13 1/2″ W x 21 3/4″ D, this countertop wine cooler will not occupy too huge a space on your kitchen or bar counter. Its black body and stainless steel door frame do not only complement each other, but also blend seamlessly with your other kitchen appliances and décor. The door frame holds a double pane glass door that provides superior insulation to the wine cooler. It also resists UV rays that are harmful to your wine. A towel rack-type door handle is mounted on the right door frame. Like the frame, this, too, is in stainless steel.

The Vinotemp VT-12TEDS Thermoelectric Wine Cooler is fitted with a thermoelectric cooling mechanism. This is a CFC- and HCFC-free system and thus will not harm the ozone layer. It also does not use a compressor which normally vibrates emitting a humming sound when running. Since the only moving part of the thermoelectric system is a fan, both sound and vibration are kept to a minimum. For the same reason, energy consumption is kept to a minimum.

Temperature can be adjusted using intuitive control buttons mounted on the top door frame. A digital display indicates temperature levels. However, the cooler requires an ambient temperature below 77°F to effectively cool your wines.