EuroCave Compact Wine Cabinets

If you live in a small apartment and you're in need of proper high-end wine storage then take a look at EuroCave Compact Wine Cabinets.

The French company, EuroCave has been manufacturing self-contained, refrigerated wine cabinets for more than 30 years so they have considerable experience in developing and create top of the line wine cabinets.

Their aim was to create wine cabinets that replicate the conditions of chateau cellars. EuroCave developed high quality wine cellars for residential wine storage that provide and maintain proper cooling temperature, humidity level, and vibration-free environment for long-term storing of wines.

EuroCave offers 3 different ranges of luxury wine refrigerators:

the Origine Range - single zone wine refrigerators with remote control
the Classic Range with more features, and the so-called Hygro system fro moantianing humidity level,
You can read about the Eurocave Origine and Classic Wine Cellars here.
and the Compact Eurocave Wine cabinets

Review of EuroCave Compact Wine Cabinets

The Eurocave Compact wine cabinets are specifically designed for wine lovers that don't have much space in their homes for wine storage.

These solidly-built yet space efficient wine cellars can be built in kitchen cabinetry or used standalone in a dining room or wherever you can fit it into your home's furnishing.

The wine cabinets occupy less than 2 square feet floor space yet provide larger storage capacity than other wine refrigerators with the same size offered by other manufacturers.

Since the venting is in the front of the cabinets don't expect them to be completely silent.

The EuroCave Compact Series Wine cellars are available in 3 storage capacities and you can opt fro a single tempearture zone cabinet for maturing wines, or a multiple temperature one to keep your favourites at their serving temperature.

EuroCave offers several customaziation options so that you'll have a wine storage unit that is perfect for your needs. You can opt for additional sliding or adjustable fixed shelves to have flexibility in organizing your wines inside the cabinet. All models are available with reversible solid door or UV-filtering full glass door.

For each model you can customize the shelving configuration: the number of sliding shelves and adjustable fix shelves for bulk storage.

Price of EuroCave Compact Wine cabinets is between 2300-4600 $ depending on capacity, and the level of customization (shelving configuration, solid or glass door). A wine cabinet with a solid door will be a few hundred dollars cheaper, but if you want to admire and show off your prized wines then go for the full glass door.

Main Features of EuroCave Compact Wine Refrigerators

Well-built cabinets available qualiy stainless steel frame with aluminium interior walls), with either a full glass door or solid door (cheaper option),
EuroCave Wine Cellars are designed to be operated between 0 - 35 °C ambient temperature, so you can even place it a well-insulated garage or basement..
Cabinet walls containing 5 cm thick Cellular Quality Insulation (CQI) for maintaing constant temperature inside the cabinet with very fluctutaion - this also ensures energy efficient operation, since the fairly low fluctuation in temperature due to the high quality insulation doesn't require the compressor to run very frequently. To have an idea how good is this insulation: this 5 cm thick layer has insulation efficiency equiavalent of almost 2 m thick earth layer.
The so-called Twin Process Thermal Regulation system ensures stable temperature between 10 - 14 °C (50 °F - 57°F) creating an environment existing in natural wine cellars.
One-touch digital control for adjusting cooling temperature and humidity,
Hygro systems for maintaing proper humidity level inside the cabinet,
All doors are reversible so you have flexibility in finding the best placemnt for the cabinet within your home.
Lock and key set is also a standard accessory.
The ribbed inner aluminium SRA (stone relief aluminium) walls enhance the cellar's abiltiy to maintain the required humidity level, (aluminum conducts cold and heat better than the plastic interior of cheaper wine coolers & wine refrigerators).
Vibration Exclusion System - compressor has specal dampeners to prevent transfer of vibration to the interior of the cabinet,
Internal fan ensuring good ventilation,
Charcoal filters for cleaning incoming air (recommended to be replaced once a year, price of a pack of 4 charcoal filters is cc. $150 at Wineenthusiast.com), and
Audible and visual alarms to warn user when the door is not close properly for instance.

Warranty:

EuroCave offers the following warranties on all of its wine cabinets:

1 year parts and labor,
2 years parts,
5 years on compressor, and
10 years on the cabinet.

Noise level of Eurocave wine cabinets is around 39 - 42 dBA.

Electricity consumption: EuroCave wine cellars have relatively low electricity consumption around, 0.9 - 1.0 kWh/day.

EuroCave Compact Wine Cellars with 1 temperature Zone:

Small Compact Wine Cabinet - Model V059, (costs cc. $2300 - $2500)
Medium Compact Wine Cabinet - Model V159 (price: cc. $3300 - $3500), and
Large Compact Wine Cabinet - Model V259 (price: $4200 - $4600)

These attractive wine refrigerators have sizings that allows you to find them place in your home even if you're tight on space.

The smallest of the compact EuroCave wine cabinets is the model V059 in which you can keep 53-56 bottles of wine (the capacity is calculated with standard Bordeaux bottles).

Dimensions of the EuroCave V059 wien cellar:

Height: 32.3 " (820 mm)
Width: 23.4 " (594 mm)
Depth: 21.7 " (552 mm)

Weight: 43 kg, 95 lbs.

Price: $2300 - $2500.

The new V059 wine cabinet by EuroCave has a touch pad electronic control panel with which you can easily adjust and monitor temperature and humidity levels inside the unit.

It's also has an sound and visual alarm that warns you in case you left the door open by accident or when it1s time to replace the charcoal air filter.

You can read more about the EuroCave Compact V059 wine cellar here. Read a review on the Eurocave Le Petite wine cooler and preservation system taht stores 12 bottles of wine.

Next in size is the Model V159 with max. capacity of 106 bottles (standard,Bordeaux type bottles).

Dimensions:

Height: 48" (1220 mm)
Width: 23.4" (594 mm)
Depth: 21.7" (552 mm)

Weight: 48 kg, 105.82 lbs.

Price: cc. $3300 - $3500

Eurocave compact wine coolers Model V159

The most capacious single temperature zone EuroCave Comapct Wine Cabinet is the model V259 that can accommodate max. 167 bottles of wine.

Dimensions:

Height: 70.08" (1780 mm)
Width: 23.4" (594 mm)
Depth: 21.7" (552 mm)

Weight: 61 kg, 134.48 lbs.

Price: $4200 - $4600.

EuroCave Compact Wine Cabinet Models with Multiple Temp. Zones:

Model S059 - max. 53 bottle capacity,
Model S159 - can store up to 97 bottles of wine, and
Model S259 - holds max. 164 bottles.

Similar Wine Storage Units:

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Amana Wine Cabinets offer storage capacity for 143-203 bottles of wine in 3 temperature zones.

The Sub-Zero WS-30 Dual Zone Wine Refrigerator accommodates up to 147 bottles of wine.

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Additional EuroCave Shelves

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The EuroCave Sliding Shelves glide on PVC rollers and you cam pull the shelves out to pick and take pout a bottle of wine. These shelves can hold 8 bottles of wine (standard 750 ml Bordeaux bottles, but sliding shelves are available for champagnes and magnums, too). The EuroCave sliding/rolling shelves cost around 65-70 $.

EuroCave Adjustable Fix Shelves are designed for bulk storage and can hold up to 61 bottles (standard 750 ml Bordeaux bottles). They're for the EuroCave Performace and Compact Series and you can get a shelf for about 40-45 $.

Presentation and display shelves are also available.