You are mistaken about not needing a wine refrigerator for "regular wine". In a six month period (or less) "regular wine can be soiled by exposure to light, vibration, humidity and especially fluctuation in the las two factors. Wine refrigerators are not just for wine that one is keeping for a longer time. More expensive wine cellars with wooden doors or UV-protective glass doors and humidity controls are more likely to be the right choice for the person lying down wine for a 3 of years to age it. lauriem, who asked the question and whose avatar is a bunch of red Cabernet (or Pinot Noir? grapes - photo too small to distinguish btw. the two - is already on the road to winegeekhood. I see some form of storage in her future.

The wine refrigerators are much smaller than they used to be - often holding just two or three cases of wine. I'll be lauriem has way more wine than this at home already...and if she doesns't she will by next week or month.

Wiine coolers, on the other hand, often hold just eight bottles, sit on your counter like a toaster and are great for the wines you plan to have in the next month that sell for under $30.

I've never heard of wine ageing being "a process" It is a natural occurrence, a phenomena. You need to watch the sources you site. If you researching an area of wine or oenology and you see the wood "supermarkeet" in the URL, you are in the wrong place.