Bottle Storage Tips - LE CACHE Contemporary 1400 Owner's Manual

L E C A C H E P R E M I U M W I N E C A B I N E T S
To achieve the best results with your Le Cache wine cabinet, follow the recommendations
below when loading and storing bottles:
 Start storing bottles in the center of the cabinet, and enlarge the "circle" as you add
bottles to the cabinet. This will minimize temperature fluctuations by creating a
thermal mass of bottles in the center of the cabinet, and will reduce the number of
cooling cycles required by the cooling system.
 Once the cabinet is loaded, turn on the cooling unit. The settings on the CellarPro
cooling unit have been preset and optimized by the factory, and we recommend that
you wait two weeks before changing any of the settings.
• Create an "airflow path" by keeping the top 3-4
cells directly below the cold-air discharge empty of
bottles (see picture at right). The cold air discharge
is located on the left side underneath the cooling
system. By keeping these cells free of bottles, the
cold air produced by the cooling unit will be able
to circulate freely inside the cabinet, resulting in
less stratification and more efficient operation.
 Most of our wine racks are designed to hold
bottles "double-deep." Generally, both bottles
should be loaded with the cork facing the door.
Most collectors load the same wines together in a
slot, so that they know which wines are in the back.
 Some wine bottles (e.g. German Rieslings) are extra-long and won't fit double-deep
in our racks. When storing long bottles, they should be loaded with shorter bottles
so that the door can close properly.
 Split bottles (375ml) are thin and can slip through the racks without additional
support. To store split bottles, we recommend storing them on the bottom row
and/or using postal tubes in the racks where the splits will be placed.
 Most large-format bottles should fit inside our wine cabinet racks. However, some
bottles are too big and will need to be stored in the bulk storage area at the top of
the racks. Our racks have been designed so that bottles can be stacked on top of
each other in the bulk storage area.
 Temperature fluctuations inside the wine cabinet vary the LEAST in the bottom two-
thirds of the cabinet, and temperatures in the back of the cabinet fluctuate less than
in front of the cabinet. Therefore, it is advisable to store the most expensive wine
bottles in the back / bottom two-thirds of the wine cabinet.
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