Wine Chiller

When people hear the phrase “wine chillers” the first thing they think of is either a wine cellar or a huge refrigerated icebox as see in wine factories. But these days there are smaller wine chillers that are available for your home. However, when choosing the type of chiller for your needs, you should know the different types that are available.

A wine fridge is actually a multi-storage type of wine chiller. This type of chiller is great to store many different bottles of wine while maintaining the perfect chilled temperature. And to prevent the common cork loosening while in storage these units are vibration free. This is important to help the wine age properly.

An electric wine chiller are normally small chillers that you can leave right on your counter. Because of it’s smaller size it’s only good for single or double bottles. These chillers are great for those that only drink wine occasionally and don’t store wine for any period of time. These can chill different types of wine to a preset temperature, in many times a few minutes.

The least expensive way to effectively chill wine for a single event is with a marble bucket. These buckets are chilled in your freezer and maintain the cold for hours during a party or event. Best part about these is you can get ones that match your kitchen decor.

Restaurants and luxury hotels use fancier, not to mention very pricey, silver buckets as wine chillers. Not normally seen in the home due to the steep prices but sometimes are received as gifts for weddings or anniversaries. These are usually for quick use like at dinner in a restaurant or a romantic dinner at home but they are not used for long time chilling.

Before purchasing a wine chiller for your home it would be best to evaluate which type you need. If you plan on storing wine for a long period of time then your best bet would be the wine fridge. They come in different sizes and capacities as well as basic models to more advanced larger climate controlled units.