The available space: The choice may seem simple, but the use you will give to the appliance (wine storage or wine service) will inevitably force you to place it in the kitchen, an adjacent room or in the garage.
Capacity: If you are a great wine connoisseur and want to store many bottles for a long time, the garage is probably the most suitable place to install your wine fridge (although there are large capacity units whose aesthetics would not clash with a kitchen or living room). The same advice applies to those who have more than 100 bottles and prefer an aesthetically pleasing wine fridge. Finally, those who are lucky enough to have a real underground cellar and only want to have about 40 bottles (or less) quickly available can opt for stand-alone or built-in products (more and more) to be placed in the kitchen, whether integrated or not in base or column units. In this regard, a small reminder of another tip of the month: take into account the height of the doors of your furniture to choose a product that is aesthetically aligned with the height of the doors of your kitchen, which are usually between 72 and 78 cm.
Ambient temperature: In a room where the room temperature is always constant, all appliances will work normally. However, remember that refrigeration systems work with compressors of different quality. It is a mistake to think that an appliance will work less efficiently if it is placed in an environment with a lower temperature. Not necessarily. Depending on the climate class of your appliance, in some cases it may stop working at a room temperature below 16 °C and in other cases below 12 °C (these two temperatures cover 90% of cases). This also applies in the opposite direction, as the appliance will not work normally at a room temperature above 28 °C, 32 °C or 38 °C (tropical). So if you are going to place your wine cooler in a room that can normally fall below 10 °C, make sure you choose a product with a "winter function". This function is activated when the room temperature falls below the limits of your compressor and starts a small heating resistor that maintains a minimum and stable temperature so that the wine does not spoil during its aging. This system is present throughout the Le Chai range of wine storage cellars.
How to choose the best location for your wine cooler?
Choosing the best location for your wine cooler depends on factors such as available space, capacity and ambient temperature. Make sure the temperature is stable and choose a unit with a "winter function" if the room can drop below 10 °C.
The ideal placement of your new wine cooler depends on several factors: the space available, the desired capacity and the ambient temperature in which you want to install the appliance.
