Cuisinart Private Reserve 6 Bottle Wine Cellar

by Cuisinart

Product Features

• 6-bottle countertop wine cellar
• Thermoelectric cooling technology no noise or vibration
• 8 presets for proper serving and storage temperatures or any variety of white or red wine
• Electronic thermostat and LED readout
• 16-inch height is perfect for countertop use

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 32 pounds
• ASIN: B000JZEANO
• Item model number: Model: WBC1200SA1
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,613 in Appliances (See Top 100 in Appliances)

Product Description

Cuisinart Private ReserveTM Wine Cellar Protect the integrity of your favorite wines with the CuisinartTM Private ReserveTM Wine Cellar. This elegant countertop cellar chills wines using thermoelectric cooling technology, which eliminates noise and vibration. Eight temperature presets for a variety of reds and whites keep up to 6 bottles of wine at the perfect serving temperature. Designed in the style of full-size cellars, with a stainless steel door and interior light, the CuisinartTM Private ReserveTM is a beautiful way to display wines and champagnes. Model: WBC1200SA1 Product Features 6-bottle countertop wine cellar Thermoelectric cooling technology - no noise or vibration 8 presets for proper serving and storage temperatures or any variety of white or red wine Electronic thermostat and LED readout Stainless steel door with chrome handle 16-inch height is perfect for countertop use Interior light with permanent ON option Double-pane tinted viewing window 3 removable chrome racks designed to hold 750ml or 1500ml bottles Ability to adjust temperature manually Limited 3-year warranty

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite Cuisinart quality, July 3, 2007

By 

D. Doyle - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cuisinart Private Reserve 6 Bottle Wine Cellar

Pros: 1) It works quite well - keeps a very even temperature, which I think is the only thing that's more important than keeping a wine cool to preserve it. (My thought is the juice "breathes" through the cork, and thermal expansion, either up or down messes with the chemistry more than anything.)
2) It actually holds 8 bottles stacked if you remove the two top racks.
3) Looks very well-made, the digital temp (in degrees F or C) is great.
4) Very easy to use.

Cons: 1) Smelled terrible: like Bondo or fingernail polish at first. Because of the "breathing" that wine does (mentioned above) I recommend leaving it open out on the back porch for a few days before using it, and then with a bag of activated charcoal in it for a while (baking soda didn't help.)
2) It's loud - maybe as loud as a regular refigerator running. The heat-sink fans on the back sound like a suped-up computer system, but what's worse is that they go on an off every few seconds (apparently precisely adjusting the interior temperature.) If the fans would stay on constantly, at least you could get used to it.
3) If the power goes off, it resets to 45 degrees - which is way too cold and negates the benefit of Pro number 1. The last thing you want is a slowly-warming bottle going up to 65 or 70 in a few hours to then be quickly chilled to 45 - I can just see the cork sliding back and forth like a piston on an antique locomotive.

If they packed it with a bag of charcoal, had a quieter fan that you could set to be on-continuously, and used non-volatile memory for the temperature setting, it would get 5 stars.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classy Looking Wine Cooler, June 22, 2007

By 

Virginia Allain "(retired librarian)" (Poinciana, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cuisinart Private Reserve 6 Bottle Wine Cellar

This is a great size for a vacation cottage or to fit a smaller space. It's sophisticated enough to set different temperatures for the different wines. It has an interior light and a circulating fan. The instruction booklet gives you the 8 settings it has for various wines. The wine cellar looks good, so you could have it wherever you need your wine for meals or entertaining.
Although it is quieter than other beverage coolers and small refrigerators that we've had, it still hums quite frequently. We had to move it away from our dining room so it wouldn't annoy us.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not in Texas, February 10, 2008

By 

Harvey Smith - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cuisinart Private Reserve 6 Bottle Wine Cellar

Received my 6 bottle Cuisinart unit for Christmas. The requirement that the unit works best at room temperature below 70 degress is plain silly. In Texas one seldom sets the house thermostat below 78 degrees. With winter full upon us my kitchen temperature is 74 - 76 degrees and the unit will not cool below 55 degrees with continuous operation. Tomorrow it goes to the resale shop along with a couple of other useless gifts of Christmas past!