In most restaurants, wine is an indispensable part of the menu. To ensure that the delight reaches the guests unadulterated, you should store and cool the bottles properly. In this way, the wines do not lose any of their quality and satisfy your guests with the best possible flavor at the ideal serving temperature.
What are the advantages of wine refrigerators in gastronomy?
First of all, wine refrigerators, of course, provide professional wine cooling. On top of that, they guarantee continuous humidity, which is especially important for the bottle corks. Corks require a humidity of 40 to 50%, which provides elasticity and stability. If this is not ensured, shrinkage or damage to the cork may occur. At worst, moisture then penetrates into the bottle, and the quality of the wine deteriorates.
Another important advantage of wine refrigerators is that they protect wine from the effects of UV and light. This way, undesirable chemical reactions are avoided and the taste of the wine remains unchanged.
What to consider when selecting the right wine refrigerator?
Wine refrigerators are particularly worthwhile for businesses with a sufficiently large assortment of wine and sparkling wine. From different volumes to different sizes and materials to different price categories – the range of wine refrigerators is wide. First of all, you need to plan how many bottles you want to accommodate and how much installation space you have available at your restaurant.
Furthermore, you should take a look at the different energy efficiency classes, as these can make a big difference in your operating expenses over many years of use. As a special advice, we recommend you to buy the wine refrigerator not only in terms of wine cooling and storage, but also to use it for sales stimulation. A visually appealing and visibly placed wine refrigerator stylishly showcases your wine offerings.
What are the differences between a wine climate control cabinet and a wine temperature control cabinet?
Wine refrigerator is the generic term for various types of wine cooling equipment. A distinction is made between wine climate control cabinets and wine temperature control cabinets, each of which is suitable for different requirements. Both can be used for cooling wine and sparkling wine. The great difference lies in the fact that wine climate control cabinets have one cooling zone with a constant temperature. Wine temperature control cabinets, on the other hand, offer several temperature zones.
If you are offering wines that are chilled at different temperatures, then a wine temperature control cabinet is a better choice. This allows you to cool all bottles at the same time in a single cabinet at different temperature ranges, saving both space and energy. When choosing a wine climate control cabinet, you are much more limited. If you also want to offer wines with different cooling requirements, then the purchase of several devices is necessary.
What are the ideal serving temperatures for wine?
Depending on the wines you want to store, you should set your wine refrigerator to the following temperatures to achieve the optimum serving temperatures:
- White wine: 8-12 °C
- Red wine: 14-19 °C
- Rosé: 10-13 °C
