Convert Refrigerator To Wine Cellar

That batch of wine will be consumed over the next one to two years.

Convert refrigerator to wine cellar.

Place a thermometer one specifcally designed for refrigerator use inside. Low light constant cool temperatures and a. If you have an extra standard refrigerator however you can convert it to a large wine refrigerator for less than 50. This will effectively raise the temperature enough to make it a good place to store wine.

I do have a few special bottles but i keep those in a mini wine refrigerator. Basically the appliance timer can be set to intervals which will turn on and off power to the mini fridge. Using a mixture of 1 gallon of water to 1 cup of bleach clean the refrigerator thoroughly and leave the door open to air dry for at least 6 hours. The bad part was realizing we had no place to store all the great wine we purchased.

That was the good part. Conventional refrigerators operate at temperatures between 33 and 46 f and are generally set between 39 and 41ºf for safe food storage. Start with 2 hours on 2 hours off intervals. The reason why wine cellars are cellars is because they tend to have a good balance of the three major factors for long term wine storage.

Last summer we went on a wine buying spree. Our small built in unit was maxed out and because it was still summer the house was too hot to store anything in counter top racks. System requirements most wine related sites say that wine should be kept at a constant temperature of 60 degrees. Set the temperature control on the refigerator to the fourth setting from the coldest.