Americans drink a lot, no matter red wine, white wine, champagnes or others. That’s a lot of wine, but since they cannot drink it all at once, they need to find a way to store it and keep safely.  Wine is an evolving mixture of chemicals, each reacting with one another. If it’s not stored at a stable temperature, these reactions can ruin the taste of your wine. Though there are several different ways to store wine, Americans are increasingly turning to wine coolers as their preferred solution. If you are searching a room for setting your wine, that you may find yourself wondering which kind of wine cooler is better—thermoelectric or compressor? Each kind of wine cooler will protect your wine's safely, but which one saves the most energy? Which one operates without vibrations? Which one is ideal for white wine or red wine? Let’s take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of both wine coolers.

Thermoelectric wine fridges use the Peltier effect to produce thermal flux between two sides, bringing hot air from one part to the other part. One side gets cooler while the other side gets hotter. Thermoelectric systems also use an inner fan to deliver cool air evenly inside the fridge. It runs quieter than compressor wine cooler since the compressor will absorb and expire the heat when running, which will cause sound. It is not heavy like compressor wine coolers that means you can move it easily. However, if you want to put it in a garage or a basement it’s not a good place for thermoelectric wine cooler because it cannot reach the high temperature in a cold environment. What’s more, if your wine need a much cold temperature for storing the theremoelectric wine fridges may be not the correct choice. The coldest temperature most theremoelectric wine coolers can set is 44°F, which is too warm for chilling wines and beverages. 

A compressor wine fridge operates like a regular refrigerator. It needs refrigerants such as freon to generate cold air within the cooler. The molecules of these refrigerants go through a compressor system and create heated vapor. A condenser then turns the vapor into cold air and an exhaust fan expels the hot air from the fridge. The best point of compressor coolers is that they have a more powerful cooling capacity. They can cool their contents down to 39°F, which perfects for chilling large wine bottles or other beverages. Since compressor coolers don’t depend on special temperature a lot that they can be built in cabinets. Wine coolers with compressor cooling systems also maintain temperatures more consistently compared to thermoelectric systems. 

As you can see, 2 kinds of wine coolers have their own good and insufficient points. Based on their specifications you can choose a great home for your valued wines.