Touch controls, digital displays and smart functions: these look a bit sleeker and make the cooler a bit easier to use. Smartphone-compatible wine coolers are also now available, allowing you to control the temperature from afar. a single temperature zone, freestanding model with capacity for between 7-35 bottles. It may come with UV-protected glass, but is unlikely to have many other features.

Humidity controls: if a wine is exposed to low levels of humidity for an extended period it can dry out the cork. This can allow air into the bottle, which can ruin your wine. Humidity controls allow you to manage the amount of moisture in the air inside the wine cooler, helping to ensure the integrity of the cork. We use 7.5 tonne lorries to deliver your items. Please make sure this type of vehicle will fit down your access road. How much wine do you need to store? This will give you an idea of the sort of bottle capacity to look for. If you're building a collection you probably want to aim for a model with 25-50% more capacity than the number of bottles you currently have. It's safer to have more space than you need and not use it, than need it and not have it. If, on the other hand, you tend to have a high turnover of bottles – buying and serving them within a few months of each other – capacity might be less of a consideration.The BW28BL and its smaller sibling are quite unusual in that they don’t use traditional fridge compressors to chill your vino. They employ a thermoelectric cooler, otherwise known as a Peltier-effect heat pump. All deliveries are made by a two-man team who will try to bring the appliance into the room of your choice. This all depends on the size of the product (getting past obstructions / through doorways), and also on weight. If the team cannot safely move the appliance to your desired room, they will deliver it to the nearest point. For the technically minded, this is a large laminated plate of semiconductors that, when electricity is applied, draws heat from one side of the plate to the other. If the thermostat is defective it's likely to cause a warm cabinet or in rarer cases cause the wine cooler to freeze! Which is also less than ideal for your wine collection The main difference between a wine cooler and a wine fridge comes down to how long they are designed to store wine for. Wine coolers or wine fridges

The BW28BL wine cooler offers a solid 28 bottle capacity in a neat and compact cabinet. The extra capacity is thanks to the vibration-free thermoelectric heat pump motor. Internal temperature is consistent throughout the cabinet and super-stable, resulting in a very good red wine conditioning environment. Only better air filtration could improve conditions further. The condenser fan works in tandem with the other components and if it doesn't function the condenser and coil can overheat - causing the internal area of the wine fridge to heat up too. Height and width-adjustable shelves: the shelves in most wine coolers are designed to fit a standard 750ml Bordeaux shape bottle. However, some wines – such as pinot noir – are usually found in a slightly wider Burgundy-style bottle. If your collection includes champagne, magnums or even bigger bottles, then adjustable shelving is an absolute must. Some of the more expensive wine coolers on the market will have three temperature zones. These allow you to store your soon-to-be-drunk reds and whites at serving temperature, and your collectibles at storage temperature.If you tend to just wash your steak down with a couple of glasses of any old plonk now and then, a wine cooler probably isn't for you. The contrast in the chemical composition of reds and whites mean their sensory traits, and your perception of them, are markedly different. Temperature has an effect on the varied compounds in reds and whites, so it's important to get it right when serving. What temperature should I serve white wine? Alternatively, you could use the three zones to keep reds, whites and champagne all at serving temperature; champagne is best served a little cooler than white wine. What's the difference between a wine cooler and a wine cabinet? Leaving budget aside for the moment, there are three key questions you need to answer to help decide which wine cooler will best suit your needs:

The cabinet itself is an innocuous satin-finished box measuring 46cm wide, 54 deep and 74cm tall. It has a full-size, double-glazed glass door with a light mirrored finish. This comes right-hand hinged and has an inset handle on the left edge.

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Interior LED lighting: this should come as standard in all wine coolers, as LEDs only emit very low levels of the UV light that can cause your wine problems.

As a general rule, a wine cooler is a short-term storage appliance used to keep wines at an ideal serving temperature. It's often referred to as a wine fridge. Different types of wine have specific serving temperatures that will allow you to appreciate them at their best. For white wines this ranges between 7-11°C, while for reds it's between 12-19°C.These are usually fitted into a unit at around chest height. They don't tend to have the largest bottle capacity and you'll probably need a kitchen refurb to fit one in. They won't really be suitable if you have a large or expanding collection. Countertop wine cooler Operation is straightforward – insert wine, turn on, drink wine, repeat… – but we did have some teething issues with our sample.