A Guide To Haier Wine Cooler

Haier wine cooler is a great edition to any wine lovers. If you’re a wine lover, you may want to buy this Haier cooler for yourself.

If not consider purchasing one as a gift for a special wine lover in your life. Wine coolers make great gifts. A wine cooler is a gift that can be used and enjoyed for many years to come.

Today I will examine various types of wine coolers from Haier, including determine the pros as well as the cons of each type.

Haier 6 Bottle Thermoelectric Wine Cooler

This haier wine cooler is nice and compact. As the name states, it can easily chill 6 bottles of wine on 3 stainless steel shelves.

A thermoelectric coolers make it ideal both for white and red wines. If you need a wine cooler this one will make a great cooler.

Haier 18 Bottle Wine Tower Cooler Refrigerator

This wine cooler is great if you need to save space. Haier equipped this refrigerator with nine wire shelves that run the width of the cooler.

Red wines as well as white wines chill beautifully, because of the thermoelectric cooler that comes standard with this Haier Wine Cooler.

Wine Cooler from Haier with 50 Bottle Capacity Built-in

This is a new collection to Haier wine coolers family. You can put it into your cabinets or used it as a free standing cooler. This Haier wine cooler is very trendy. Thermal-tempered and heavy duty glass door is featured in this unit.

Inside the cooler you will see a soft light, so that finding a bottle of wine will be easier.  It can hold 50 bottles of wine on its 6 chrome shelves and look beautifully.

Haier only has a few models of coolers. However, no matter what wine cooler you need, it is likely that Haier makes a cooler to suite them!

You may be interested in reading another guide on wine cooler refrigerator or wood wine rack.

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This post was written by wine on August 2, 2009

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Grapes & Wine In Michigan – Little Known Facts

We don’t often think of Michigan as a wine producing State do we, but look at the facts:

  • Michigan has 13,500 acres of vineyards making Michigan the fourth largest grape-growing state.
  • All of this acreage is devoted to juice grapes such as Concord and Niagara.
  • About 1,500 acres are planted to wine grapes, making Michigan the eighth in wine grape production.
  • Vineyard area has increased 24% since 1997.
  • Michigan’s 45 commercial wineries produce more than 200,000 cases of wine annually, making the state 13th in wine production. The vast majority of production is from Michigan-grown grapes.
  • Wineries are popular tourist destinations, attracting more than 600,000 visitors annually. Some of these wineries also have retail stores where it’s possible to purchase anything from a wine cellar kit to a wine cooler refrigerator.
  • Wine production and winery tourism annually contribute $75 million to the state’s economy.
  • Three types of grapes are used for wine in Michigan:
    • Vinifera varieties — these are the classic European varieties such as Chardonnay, Riesling (the most widely planted white), Pinot Noir (the most widely planted red), Pinot Grigio/Gris and Cabernet Franc; 58% of Michigan’s wine grapes are vinifera. Since 1998, 71% of the new plantings in Michigan have been vinifera varieties.
    • Hybrid varieties (sometimes called French/American hybrids) — these are botanical crosses between vinifera varieties and grapes native to North America. Common names are Vidal, Chambourcin, Marechal Foch and Vignoles; 39% of Michigan’s wine grapes are hybrids.
    • Native varieties — actually close relatives of true native varieties. Typical names are Concord and Niagara. A Mere 3% of Michigan’s wine is made from these varieties.
  • The vast majority of Michigan’s quality wine grapes grow within 25 miles of Lake Michigan. Here, the “lake effect” protects the vines with snow in winter, retards bud break in spring helping avoid frost damage, and extends the growing season by up to four weeks.
  • Michigan has deemed four federally approved viticultural areas (AVAs). In the northwest part of the state, near Traverse City, lie the Leelanau Peninsula and the Old Mission Peninsula. This area has a growing season averaging 145 days and an average heat accumulation of 2,350 growing degree days; 51% of Michigan’s wine grapes grow here. In the southwest part of the state are the Lake Michigan Shore and Fennville appellations, where 45% of Michigan’s wine grapes are grown. This area has a growing season of about 160 days and an average heat accumulation of 2,750 growing degree days. Each are Region 6 on the USDA plant hardiness zone map.
  • Harvest begins for early hybrid varieties at the end of late August in the southwest and may extend into mid November for late-ripening vinifera varieties in the northwest.
  • Michigan wines win numerous medals at prestigious competitions every year. More than 16% of the wines entered in the Michigan Wine & Spirits Competition had already won Gold Medals in regional, national and international competitions. A list of winners is available upon request.
  • Michigan wineries make many styles of wine, from dry to sweet including Ice Wine, sparkling, fortified, fruit wines and eau-de-vie (fruit brandy).
  • Michigan wines are usually “cool climate” – clean, crisp, balanced wines that exhibit real varietal charact.
  • Michigan Wines are very popular choices in the offerings of Wine Clubs
    where you set up a monthly subscription to order wine online

Next time you’re savoring your favorite Chardonnay, check the label. It just may not have come from California!

 

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This post was written by wine on June 19, 2009

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