With a number of wine refrigerators on the market, it can be hard to narrow down your choices to the one that best suits your needs. Here are a few of the most popular wine refrigerators on the market, with a tip on what temperatures to store your wine at:

• NewAir 18 Bottle Thermoelectric Wine Refrigerator: With the ability to hold up to 18 wine bottles, this wine rack has convenient digital temperature controls, operates silently, and comes with chrome plates wine racks so that you can serve wine in style.
• Haier 12 Bottle Capacity Table Top Wine Fridge: With prices starting at $85 for this wine refrigerator, the Haier wine fridge is ultra quiet, can chill up to 12 bottles of wine, and comes with an adjustable thermostat. As one of the top wine chillers, the Haier chills both red and white wine and is equipped with a thermo electric cooling system.
• EdgeStar 21 Bottle Dual Zone Wine Refrigerator: This thermoelectric wine fridge boasts a stainless steel door trim with tinted class that will protect wine from any harmful lights or outside heat. Extra functionality includes auto defrost, an extra long area for longer bottles, and two independently controlled temperature zones for both white and red wines.
• NewAir 28 Bottle Thermoelectric Wine Refrigerator: This wine fridge has a high tech look and feel with a LED Display and an interior LED light, digital temperature controls, chrome plated wine racks, and a compact fit that will hold up to 28 wine bottles.
• Vinotemp Dual Zone Thermoelectric Wine Refrigerator: The Vinotemp wine fridge has a limited number of moving parts which helps protect wine from unneeded vibration. This wine refrigerator has sophisticated insulation properties, UV protection, and is easy to clean. With a black cabinet, stainless steel door, and wood shelf racking, this wine refrigerator will fit in with any decor.
• Sunpentown 12 Bottle Slim Wine Refrigerator: The Sunpentown wine chiller was made to fit into a majority of spaces. The slim wine cooler will keep up to 12 wine bottles chilled and ready to enjoy. With a touch sensitive control panel and a LED temperature display, the thermostat is simple to adjust between 52 degrees and 62 degrees, dependent on the varietal of wine that is stored.

When shopping for a wine refrigerator, look for those that can adjust to the proper temperatures, based on the type of wine that you are looking to store:

• Full Reds: 59-65 Degrees
• Light Reds: 54-57 Degrees
• Rose and White Wines: 52-57 Degrees

Picking a wine rack for your home shouldn’t be a daunting task, yet it seems as though many of my friends are always on the search for one. The biggest complaint when it comes to the wine rack search is that people aren’t sure where to look, and when they do find a wine rack, they are afraid that there’s a better one out there.

When searching for wine racks, keep these thoughts in mind:

• Is the wine rack for storage or decoration?If you have a surplus of wine laying around the house, you may need a small wine cellar or wine rack that can hold everything. If you generally only have 1-5 bottles around at all times, a decorative or modern wine rack may suit your needs best.

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• How many bottles of wine do you generally have on hand? Many wine racks hold between 3-6 bottles of wine, so if you tend to have more bottles than that, you’ll end up with an eyesore of bottles on all open spaces in your kitchen even after purchasing a wine rack.
• What is your budget? Wine racks range from $20 to $100 plus, so keep this in mind if the cheaper versions don’t seem to fit your taste or decorative style.

While wine racks are an atheistically pleasing way to store wine, they also hold value in keeping your wine in optimal storage conditions, allowing the wine to continue aging. Make sure these six storage conditions are present to ensure that your wine stays in quality drinking condition.

Temperature:
Wine should generally be kept at room temperature, or 55 degrees. Here’s where it gets tricky — sparkling wine should be kept in a wine refrigerator, while white wines are best kept in temperatures of 45 degrees. Temperature controlled wine chillers allow you to set the temperature based on the wines you most frequently store, but simple wine storage racks placed in a cooler spot of your home will do just fine. Just make sure that the spot you decide to store your wine isn’t next to a heater or vent, as fluctuations in temperature can impact the taste of the wines.

Height:
When using a wine rack, keep this rule of thumb in mind — sparkling wines on the bottom of wine storage racks, white wines in the middle of wine storage racks, and reds on the top of wine storage racks. This rule comes into play with the thought that heat rises, so keep the wines that are best served cooler towards the bottom of any wine bottle holders.

Surroundings:
Did you know that keeping a wine next to fruit or vegetables can cause the wine to mold? Foods that can rot may send the moldy flavors into a cork of the wine, causing the wine to have unfavorable smells and tastes.

Keep Away from Sunlight:
When exposed to light, wine can age faster and lose it’s flavor. Keep your wine rack or wine refrigerator away from any sources of natural light, and preferably in a darker section of your home.

Sideways:
Keeping wine on it’s side will keep the wine in contact with the cork, preventing air from escaping into the wine bottle. Different types of wine racks will allow you to tilt the wine to an optimal level, allowing the wine cork to stay wet and prevent oxygen from coming in.

Air Circulation:
Wine can mold. If you keep wine hidden in a closet or dark room, make sure that there is a steady amount of circulation. Just like you wouldn’t keep clothes in a moldy closet, make sure your that the place you store your wine is clean and free of mold.