A neat new feature - Different than the older generation: The current cabinets are "hot air up" meaning they need unobstructed air flow at top of cabinet, but this allows the cabinets to be placed closer to the wall at the rear of the cabinet.
Cellars will have bullet-proof (Lexan) glass doors (like Plexiglass).
The production of older version of Vintage Keeper was likely stopped around 2009, all units produced since then are new material, new format, new sizes.
Vintage Keeper‚™ - How It Works:
- Ultra-quiet digital wine cooling unit.
- Temperature range 52 to 64 degrees or set to Celsius.
- Two "quiet" fan settings.
- Vibration & acoustic damping/isolation within the cooling unit.
- Airflow is computerized.
- Plugs into standard 15amp dedicated outlet: 115volt/15amp.
- Running amps of the unit are 2.5A.
Where to put Your Vintage Keeper ™ Wine Cabinet:
- The Vintage Keeper ™ is a top-exhausting wine cabinet and therefore is not to be built-in in any way. The Vintage Keeper is to sit in a climate controlled room that is well ventilated. These wine cabinet are not meant to be built in. Only units which specify “zero-clearance” or “built-in” can be built into cabinetry.
- Cold cellars, garages, attics, hot laundry rooms, or outdoors are not suitable places for a Vintage Keeper to be placed. The room in which a Vintage Keeper is placed must not exceed 80F / 27C.
- Not designed for commercial use.
Bottle capacity is based on standard bordeaux bottles with a 10% mix of half bottles - so the actual bottle capacity indicated may be slightly overstated. Please note these cabinets are still extremely efficient in how the bottles are loaded into the cabinet. and the manufacturer has been able to acheive the stated capacity. Some manufacturer's may indicate large bottle capacity but this may entail a large amount of bulk storage which can be awkward.
The Vintage Keeper Wine Cabinet is built to CSA-US, CSA-Canada and CE International overall certification.