Why do people put wine racks above the refrigerator?

8 months ago

High in a kitchen is a terrible place to store wine especially above the hot refrigerator. I know it looks cool but it really isn't smart unless you want to ruin the wine

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IQ Glass UK
8 months ago
Can't really comment on that as we only designed and installed the glazing! Correct wine storage is outside of my area of expertise. It was a very compact kitchen, space for storage may have been the reason. The architect's on the project were HollandGreen.
stephenj1
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8 months ago
Thanks for the answer, the kitchen looks great!
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Why do people put wine racks above the refrigerator?

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