Introduction - Fisher & Paykel RF106RDWX1 Installation Instructions And User Manual

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for buying a Fisher & Paykel Wine Cabinet to store your treasured wine,
you've made a great choice.
Having purchased our dual-zone cabinet you can rest assured that your red and white
wines are well cared for, over short term and long term periods.
Wine generally matures at a steady temperature between 11°C to 13°C, and for ready to
drink wines they are best served at their ideal drinking temperatures (see 'Storing your
wine' section). Temperature control is critical for the maturation of wines, as significant
daily or weekly temperature fluctuations can denature wines. If storage temperatures are
excessively high this can reduce the wines aromatic potential and can speed up maturation.
This can cause some wines to take on a 'spoiled fruit' flavouring. If storage temperatures
are excessively low, this can have the opposite effect and stunt a wines natural maturation
process. This can prevent a wines flavours from developing to their full potential.
Optimum humidity levels are also important for the storage of cork enclosed wines,
especially for long term storage. Dry surroundings can lead to dried out corks
encouraging wine evaporation, as well as oxygen permeation leading to oxidised and/or
spoiled wine. As for extremely humid conditions, there is a potential of damaging wine
labels and the growth of mould on bottles.
Light is known to be damaging to wines, particularly UV light as it creates hydrogen
sulphide compounds in wine affecting the tannins and the colour of wine. Therefore our
Wine Cabinets are designed to eliminate this threat by incorporating a UV-tempered
glass door, dark interiors and dimmed LED lighting.
Other golden rules of excellent wine storage that your Wine Cabinet offers is frequent
air circulation, as well as increased air circulation when large amounts of wine bottles
are added (Air-Cool function). Condensation eliminator (Demist function*) and minimal
vibrations with the low noise compressor.
RF106RDWX1 model RF206RDWX1 model RF306RDWX1 model RF356RDWX1 model
*For RF306RDWX1 and RF356RDWX1 models.
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