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RE: I have a Vinotheque unit...

Posted by Amphissa on July 14, 2010 at 16:49:08:
Yes, there are advantages to specialized products like that. My rig is fine for me. It cost me 1/3 what yours did, has never had any problems, and I can easily store magnums or larger bottles, long bottles, bottles in wooden presentation boxes, saki, half bottles, etc etc. Not sure about the specifics of your unit, but a lot of the special wine coolers have trouble with odd sizes.

I can't store as much as you. I could store about 400 bottles this way, but don't. I use them for cycling through the wines. Wines that are in the good drinking window in one fridge, wines that are set back for longer term storage in the other.

For me, aged fine wines are "special occasion" wines. I usually drink no more than 2 cases a year, and I replenish with wines from recent vintages to assure that I always have enough special occasion wines on hand. I also always have some verticals, usually 10 years or so, that are for tastings.

I could easily add another refrigerator to the string, but I have found that I'm happy with reasonably prices everyday wines for most of the time, and don't really need to increase the amount of expensive fine wines that I have in house.

Everybody's situation s different, of course. My post was primarily for guys who are looking for an inexpensive way to get started.