What's the difference between wine coolers and wine cellars? Does it matter?

There's a big difference between wine coolers and wine cellars.

Wine cellars, which include freestanding wine cabinets, are designed to maintain all the optimal conditions for proper wine storage and aging. These conditions include cools temperature that don't fluctuate, humidity in the range of 50 - 70%, clean air, darkness and minimal vibration.

By contrast, most under-the-counter wine coolers are designed to maintain wine at a desired serving temperature. Their cooling systems are not designed to maintain constant temperatures within a tight range, they are not designed to manage humidity levels, they often have clear glass windows and they cause too much vibration for long term storage and aging.

So what? The differences described above don't really matter if you'll be drinking your wine within a short time, say a year or two. But if you want to buy and store bottles for several years, you'll need to create proper storage and aging conditions so that your your wine can age and achieve its full potential.

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Proper Wine Storage.