Wine Fridge $139

temperature".

I'm amazed. I put a digital thermometer in and set the thermostat to about the middle of the range available. It was 52 degrees this morning and has stayed 51 or 52 all day. I have about 20 bottles in it. so far. I figured for the price it would fluctuate quite a bit more. Found this chart for temperature. I figure I can always let the red breathe and warm a bit and I can always put whites in the kitchen fridge for a short time to reach optimal. At least I have wine near serving temperature all the time.

64°

63°

61°

59°

57°

55°

54°

52°

50°

48°

47°

45°

43°

41°

I don't know who determined those numbers, but that's too cold for good Chardonnay. Cellar temperature (~58°F) is as low as I would serve it, and a tad warmer is OK too.

Tom S

Ed I saw that and almost bought it, it does sound like a great deal. I'm thinking if I gather up all the stuff I never used from Home Depot and return it I will easily have two things. I get it at no additional cost and have a room to put it somewhere. :o)

Regards, Joe

Our Home Depot had e-wave wine cellars for $59 for 16 bottle unit. I was waiting to buy it as part of a $250 purchase for a no interest deal and when I went back in the other day it was up to $179 for the same units....live and learn.

They have had several varities of cellars from 16 to 40 bottle, but no Sunbeam's yet.

This was advertised in the Thanksgiving week flyer. I think it is a new item at that price. This may be a one shot special deal though. Sears has what appears to be the same exact model with the Kenmore tag for $349.

As for the alleged 47 bottles, you have to put one on the back of the rack behind the other five bottles. It fits, but is not easily seen. The unit is hardly heard, the temperature holds within 1 degree. I put the unit on top of a 24" high stand to get it to a comfortable height.

I've been in manufacturing for 40 years of my working career. I have no idea how they can build this unit to sell at that price. Just the freight from China has to be $15 of the cost. Ed snipped-for-privacy@snet.net

I was one of these fool too. Bought 4 units last spring at $69 each. Dropped them into a wall thinking it was great having @ 80 bottles or so handy. Champange, whites, sweets and reds. Well, like all the power tools I ever bought from Home Depot, they all went bad one after another. Today they have all been returned. Do I ever learn, I guess not, as a fool I still go there!!??

I guess the name of the place says it all, just say it slowly...

Sg Brix

I think it would depend on the Chardonay and its age. Fruity and young could be cooler. Some are quite "tart" and cooler is better.

For a "fat" mature Chardonay wich has gone through MLF, I would agree with your temps.

Does any one know if these 'fridges are sold in the UK or Eorope? I have been thinking of getting one for some time, but I have not seen them advertised here in the UK.

I was quite interested in this post. So I checked with the Home Depot web site. It is not listed. I called the Home Depots in our area and they never heard of it. I checked the Sunbeam site and it is not listed as a product of theirs. I did a google search and found noting like it.

I wonder if this is a new item that they are market testing?

Ray

I've seen wine fridges for sale at our Home Depot here in Wisconsin. It was a new store, which opened up in August. Darlene

It may have been a special deal for the holidays. It was advertised in the Thanksgiving Day flyer and my wife spotted it so we grabbed one. Sears had what seems to be the identical unit for $349. FWIW, I live in CT. It could have even been a regional thing. Ed

It sounds great to me. Wish I could get one. Up here in the great white north Home Depot has a 35 bottle wine cooler on special for $288C. This was probably manufactured in Toronto and likely sells in the U.S. for $99 but they think we like paying double up here (haha).

Joe

I stop back in Home Depot and check it out again this week. BJ's and Home Depot have been carrying wine cellars for at least a year or two in NH. But the prices are not that much different from the wine accessory supply magazines. This last month or two Home Depot has seemed much more aggressive in it's pricing so I thought they were clearing them all out at low prices to make space for something else, but it seems they have brought more in and raised the pricepoint a little. In NH stores the wine cellars are behind the appliance area in the same row as the vent fans you place over a range in a kitchen, they have been one aisle over from the microwaves.

That is where the regular ones are at our HD. These were right up front near the registers; that is what leads me to believe it may be a special one shot deal. If I had more room, I'd grab a second one at that price. Ed snipped-for-privacy@snet.net