Product Reviews and Ratings - Standard Cooling - Grand Cru 800 Wine Cellar Cooling Unit (Black) (Max Room Size = 100 Cu Ft) from Wine Enthusiast

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(based on 4 ratings)

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After extensive research Wine Enthusiast experts have developed the Grand Cru Cooling System. Breakthrough technology monitors natural air currents in your wine cellar automatically adjusting to fluctuations and maintaining correct temperature and humidity levels. Creating optimal storage conditions these state-of-the-art systems do exactly what you want them to do: ensure your wines taste their absolute best. Electr...

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Product Reviews Summary

Avg. Customer Rating:

1 star

(based on 4 reviews)

0% of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Don't buy a storage with this unit.

By Ranger from Burr Ridge, Illinois on 5/16/2008

Pros:

Precise Temperature, Quiet

Cons:

Only lasts for a year.

Best Uses:

Basement

Describe Yourself:

Aspiring Enthusiast

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Do not buy any storage unit that uses this cooling unit. It will only last for a year or two. I have to get a new one, but I'll be looking for a better storage unit.[...]

unit has a life expectancy of about 1-2y

By texaswino from Lewisville, TX on 11/27/2007

Cons:

unit doesn't last

Describe Yourself:

Aspiring Enthusiast

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I too have had the same experience with this unit as previous posters. Unit works fine for about a year or maybe two then just stops working. I got a replacement for the first one only because I had extended 2 year warranty, Now my second one is crapping out after less than a year and no warranty coverage on this one.

[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

Disappointed

By Dale

from Rancho Mirage, CA on 10/29/2007

Cons:

Low Quality

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

While the Tuscany 220 unit seemed like a good value 2 years ago, and the cabinetry is indeed nice, the cooling unit failed within those 2 years and with no apparent means to repair it. Regardless of warranty coverage (always minimal), a cooling unit should last more than 2 years. I am now left with no alternative but to buy a replacement cooling unit and go to the expense and laborious process of removing the wine, removing the cooling unit, replacing the cooling unit, disposing of the old one, and replacing the wine. Very disappointing to now know that I will probably have to repeat this expensive process every year or two.

[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]

Do not buy

By ej2549 from KC, MO on 10/8/2007

Pros:

Works for about a year

Cons:

Have guit within a year, Low Quality

Best Uses:

In vintage 500

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I have had three and they have all quit after the warranty has run out but I must keep replacing it because it is the only one that will fit.

Customer Reviews about the Grand Cru 800 Wine Cellar Cooling Unit (Black) (Max Room Size = 100 Cu Ft) at Wine Enthusiast