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In recent years, more and more people have come to appreciate wines and pair them with their meal. But sadly, there's still some who have the misconceptions that reds don't have to be refrigerated and it's okay to store white wines in a regular fridge. It's even become a typical scene to see occasionally a bottle or two of white wine in a regular fridge of every typical middle class home. Perhaps this is because of the general knowledge that it's necessary to keep wine in a cool, dark environment that makes the standard kitchen refrigerator a reasonable option in storing a favorite wine. Or, maybe it's the close proximity to the food which is what most people bought wines for.

In any case, it is important that anyone who enjoys wine regularly should know that a regular household refrigerator does not provide optimum conditions for storing wine for more than a day or two.

This is because wines are perishable and are host to a variety of volatile chemicals, microorganisms and gases that are very sensitive and quickly react with each other and to its surrounding environment over time, changing the composition of the liquid. Wines only keep, or even enhance their aroma, bouquet, flavor, and quality, when they are stored accordingly. That is in the proper and optimum conditions, no matter what kind of quality it had to begin with.

A wine cellar or its ideal alternative, a wine refrigerator, guarantees to store wines at their optimum conditions.

A wine fridges is designed to lower temperature gradually and maintain a level of humidity conducive to storing wines. Wine fridges are refrigerator-style units that are designed to store dozens of bottles at selected temperatures, making it useful for those who do not have access to a wine cellar, as these can replicate the temperature and humidity conditions that are necessary for optimal wine storage, enabling your wine to evolve to its full potential, complexity and character. On the other hand, a regular fridge is designed to store food in an average temperature of 40°F as well as drop temperature rapidly and drive out humidity, which is too cold and unstable for the fragile makeup of your wine, and too dry to keep corks moist.

To many, wine fridges seem like just an extravagance that only those with discretionary income can afford.

However, a fridges, in reality, is an appliance that every wine enthusiast, whether you're only a novice collector or a connoisseur, should have.

A wine's full bouquet, aroma, quality, and flavor only develop when the wine is stored and served at optimal conditions. And only wine cellars or wine fridges, that enable users to select their ideal wine temperature and some even have two separate areas for different wines as well as options to control these areas' temperature, can guarantee this.

Also, an everyday fridge is packed with other food products as they are designed to keep a wide variety of perishables cold and dry. And it is a fact that there are certain foods that have odors that can totally dominate, and along with its cold and dry conditions, these prevailing odors can adversely affect wines in a regular refrigerator. This is because due to the lack of humidity in a regular fridge, this can cause the cork of your wine bottle to shrink and become porous, enabling the surrounding odors to seep into your wine. In contrast, as wine refrigerators are engineered to maintain ideal humidity levels, so the corks can stay moist and impermeable, not allowing air to seep in and spoil the wine.

Moreover, in a regular refrigerators vibration is present, which is another enemy of wine. This is because conventional refrigerators run on compressors which cause vibrations, which is known to interrupt a wine's maturation process. Alternately, thermoelectric and even non-thermoelectric wine refrigerators, though they run on compressors too, have a special vibration absorption system. The impact of tremors and noise are reduced, enabling wine to mature at a natural pace.