Hello All,
New to the forum and relatively new in the hobby of collecting wines.
I recently got a fairly cheap (around EUR/USD 250) wine cooler unit (21 bottles capacity) in order to store some reds & whites (EUR/USD 30-70 each bottle).
Unit is supposed to operate between 7-18c and started operating on 18/AUG. Manufacturer advises in the operation manual that there may be a 4-6 celsius degrees fluctuation (-15.5 - -14.5 Farrenheit) from bottom to top shelf which is quite understandable and to resolve this I obviously put whites at the bottom and reds at the top
So here comes the problem.
Having set the thermostat of the unit at 9 Celsius degrees (-12.8 F), I am getting 8 Celsius (-13.3 F) at the bottom unit and 19 Celsius (-7.2 F) at the bottom.
On my mind this is a huge fluctuation and as I intend to keep some of the wines as much as possible (around 10 years) I am thinking of returning the unit as faulty.
Your thoughts please.
Is above normal ? Should I return the unit ? What would be the minimum budget for a compact wine fridge in order to have my wines kept in there for years ?
Thank you All!
Nino
New to the forum and relatively new in the hobby of collecting wines.
I recently got a fairly cheap (around EUR/USD 250) wine cooler unit (21 bottles capacity) in order to store some reds & whites (EUR/USD 30-70 each bottle).
Unit is supposed to operate between 7-18c and started operating on 18/AUG. Manufacturer advises in the operation manual that there may be a 4-6 celsius degrees fluctuation (-15.5 - -14.5 Farrenheit) from bottom to top shelf which is quite understandable and to resolve this I obviously put whites at the bottom and reds at the top
So here comes the problem.
Having set the thermostat of the unit at 9 Celsius degrees (-12.8 F), I am getting 8 Celsius (-13.3 F) at the bottom unit and 19 Celsius (-7.2 F) at the bottom.
On my mind this is a huge fluctuation and as I intend to keep some of the wines as much as possible (around 10 years) I am thinking of returning the unit as faulty.
Your thoughts please.
Is above normal ? Should I return the unit ? What would be the minimum budget for a compact wine fridge in order to have my wines kept in there for years ?
Thank you All!
Nino