Every wine lover should have a wine cellar at their place and each bottle deserves a perfect temperature to maintain its quality. And well this ain’t a hard task nowadays, because technology around has made it possible to store wines in cellars with the help of climate control which has now invented and shifted cellars to climate-controlled wine rooms. This wine cellar refrigeration has allowed us to keep wines at their best under unfavorable conditions and situations.
Before you make up your mind and plan to get a climate-controlled wine room at your home, please consider some of these given points.
1.Types of the cooling unit.
2.Air conditioning and wine cooling units are different.
3.Perfect temperature.
4.Affects your budget.
5.Storing and serving temperature differs.
1. TYPES OF COOLING UNIT
If you plan to install a climate-controlled wine room then for starters you should know the types of cooling unit. There are different types of cooling units and they are - self-contained, ducted, ductless, and split variations.
Self-contained units are the most effective and cost-efficient ones too, also they can be installed by anyone.
2. AIR CONDITIONING AND WINE COOLING UNITS ARE DIFFERENT
Do not confuse air conditioning units similar to wine cooling units, both of them function differently. Where AC units blow and pass cool air after short intervals of time, wine cellars do that frequently, also the cold air released by AC units is 1O degrees warmer than the ideal wine cellar environment.
3. PERFECT TEMPERATURE
You should know that the perfect cellar temperature is 55 degrees and the targeted humidity level is 70, though you always have the option to make slight changes in the temperature depending on the region/area you are living in.
4. AFFECTS YOUR BUDGET
Well, you should know that getting a cooling unit installed to make your wine cellar a climate-controlled wine room comes with its own expense and it is more expensive than passive wine cellars.
5. STORING AND SERVING TEMPERATURE DIFFERS
The purpose of cooling units is not just to store the wine at their best temperature but also to keep them cool and at their perfect temperature when they are about to serve, and yes some refrigerating units help to do so because wine tastes best at its perfect temperature.
