Under counter beverage/wine cooler

I have found wine coolers, while great for keeping wine chilled, just don't cut it when wanting an ice cold beer. So if you're into reds, which we are, we keep our wine cooler stocked and serve our red's around 52° - 55°, because that's how we like it. Twine fridge's with glass fronts and lighting are typically more aesthetically pleasing in an interior bar area. Now if your beverage cooler will have a non glass front, then you could opt for a can and bottle cooler, keep your reds stowed at room temp, and chill whites and reds in them when you're ready to consume, or just the whites if you like reds served a bit warmer.

Will you have a utility fridge in the garage? I ask because that is where I keep my beer, and home brew bottled beers. When we have a function at the house, I will move beers to the inside fridge in the kitchen or into an ice chest stocked on the patio.

BTW, this is all one man's humble opinion...

Good questions.

We don't drink a ton of wine. Let's say 6 bottles per month. Anticipate more when we move though. We will have more friends/community.

This will be in the kitchen.

We currently have a table top cooler that holds 8 bottles. It's fine. My wife actually prefers wine at about 60 degrees, and since it is thermoelectric it works for that temp. Have to have the compressor type for beer etc.

We are about 80%/20% red/white.

Won't have a garage fridge, but will have a under counter fridge in the basement/terrace level. (Yes, this is Georgia so we have daylight basements ). As an aside, I am damned determined to keep the garage empty except for cars, bikes and kayaks with the bikes and kayaks in ceiling hangers!

Edit: By dual zone, I don't mean for whites and reds, but the kind for wine on one side at 55 degrees and beer on the other at 35.

I have a Jenn Air Beverage Center in my new kitchen and love it. 35 in one zone and 58 in the other. Works great and has a motion sensor that kicks on the lights and illuminates the floor when you walk in the kitchen at night.

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I have found wine coolers, while great for keeping wine chilled, just don't cut it when wanting an ice cold beer.

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There are 2 kinds. The thermoelectric can only cool 20 degrees below the room temp.

The compressor type has the ability to cool down into the mid 30s.

Not debating, just wondering what people have that are commenting.

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just put a cheap fridge in the garage.

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No! Refuse!

Basement maybe.

Ours is thermoelectric. This one.

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No! Refuse!

Basement maybe.

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Why not? Basement would get old going to and down stairs just to grab a beer.

Also, when you decide, order from this place.

Wine Chillers

Compact Fridge

Beverage Centers

I just ordered a Maytag bottom freezer for my house and saved several hundred dollars over buying locally. Free shipping, no tax, etc. A buddy of mine told me about them when he had to buy one when he moved into his new house.

Wine chiller inside. Beer frig in the garage, holds more beer