Design Temperature - wine cabinet features explained
A good cellar should maintain a stable temperature throughout the year irrespective of the exterior environment. To enable wine to reach all its nobility and develop all its aspects, professionals in the wine sector unanimously recommend a temperature between 10 and 14°C. Artevino’s wine cabinet solutions: A dual hot/cold circuit, controlled by two thermostats, avoids fluctuations in temperature.
The conduction power of the inner wall of the aluminium bottom of Artevino cabinets, combined with slow, even air circulation inside them, ensures that the temperature remains consistent throughout the cellar.
Injecting 4.5cm of polyurethane foam into the walls of Artevino cabinets offers maximum insulation and helps to improve the consistency of the temperate still further.
Correct hygrometry - wine cabinet features explained
Hygrometry is the level of relative humidity contained in the air (not to be confused with condensation). A good cellar’s hygrometry should be between 55% - 88%. It is lack of an insufficient level that leads to a drying out of the air, and of the cork, letting the wine contaminate the cork, thus causing the wine to be "corked". Artevino’s solutions: The hygrometry is obtained using the principle of the thermodynamic pump based on heat exchange. The differential created by the alternate production of heat and cold leads to the creation of hygrometry.
Air circulation - wine cabinet features explained
The lack of air circulation, especially in a humid environment is one of the factors in the development of mould and bacteria and runs the risk of them infesting the cork and so causing its deteriorations. The growth of mould due to lack of adequate air circulation also engenders the risk of creating unpleasant smells which can be transmitted through the cork to the wine. Artevino’s solutions: In Artevino wine cabinets, the air circulation is controlled using the principle of the thermodynamic pump. The hotter air which is pumped into the cellar continues to rise. As it rises it cools and comes back down again (cold air is heavier than hot air). The shelves are designed to allow the air to circulate properly.
No vibrations - wine cabinet features explained
Tranquillity is a wine’s best friend. Vibration has a very harmful effect on it as it disturbs the sediment in the wine. The many sources of vibration generated during the course of daily (nearby railway lines or roads, the Metro, etc) are highly prejudicial to the ageing process. Vibration can result in the break down in the molecular structure of the wine’s various chemical components. Artevino’s solutions: The limited vibrations of the top-of-the-range compressors used in Artevino cabinets have been carefully selected for their slow cycles and their balance, which reduces any vibration to the absolute minimum.
Maximum darkness - wine cabinet features explained
To age correctly, wine should be shielded from all light sources. Light, and especially its ultra-violet content, causes irremediable degradation to the wine’s tannins due to oxidation. It is for this reason, in order to keep our wines for the longest possible time, that we keep them in the darkest tinted bottles available. Artevino’s solutions: As darkness is one of the main properties required for the proper ageing of wines, Artevino wine storage cabinets have solid doors and – quite deliberately – there is no lighting on the inside.
There is a magnetic gasket offering total sealing, thus ensuring complete darkness inside the cabinet enclosure.
Cabinets which are designed to store wines for a relatively short period of time may be fitted with an anti-UV treated glass door.
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