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From: niland@hpfcms.HP.COM ( Bob Niland )
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: Wine Storage
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Date: Thu, 6-Nov-86 20:22:25 EST
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re: and further questions about wine coolers (the mechanical kind)

What is the maximum temperature hysteresis to which a wine ought to be
exposed?   If a wine refrigerator "kicks in" at 60 degrees and then
cools until it reaches 55 degrees, is dozens of these thermal cycles
per day going to ruin the wine?

If a 5 degree hysteresis is too much, what is acceptable?

A true wine cellar probably has poorer temperature over the course of
a year, but the temperature usually changes very slowly, and the wine is
not subject to vibration from a compressor motor.

Bob Niland                                         [ihnp4|hplabs]!hpfcla!rjn