BEFORE USING YOUR WINE CELLAR
The appliance you have purchased is a wine cellar (or wine-cooler), a professional product designed exclusively for storing wine.
To get the most out of your new appliance, read the user instructions thoroughly. They describe the appliance in full and provide useful wine storage tips.
Keep this handbook for future consultation.
1.After unpacking the appliance, make sure that the door shuts properly.
Any damage must be reported to your dealer within 24 hours after delivery of the appliance.
2.Wait at least two hours before connecting the appliance to the power supply in order to ensure the refrigerant circuit is fully efficient.
3.Installation of the appliance and electrical connections must be carried out by a qualified electrician, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and local regulations.
SAFEGUARDING THE ENVIRONMENT
1. Imballo 
The packing material is 100% recyclable and bears the recycling symbol. For disposal, comply with the local regulations. Keep the packing materials (plastic bags, polystyrene parts, etc.) out of the reach of children, as they are a potential source of danger.
2. Scrapping/Disposal
The appliance is manufactured using recyclable material.
This appliance is marked in compliance with European Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). By ensuring the correct disposal of this appliance, you can help prevent potentially negative consequences for the environment and the health of persons.
The symbol 
on the appliance, or on the accompanying documents, indicates that this appliance should not be treated as domestic waste but must be taken to a special collection centre for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment.
When scrapping the appliance, make it unusable by cutting off the power cable and removing the doors and shelves so that children cannot easily climb inside and become trapped.
Scrap the appliance in compliance with local regulations on waste disposal, taking it to a special collection centre; do not leave the appliance unattended even for a few days, since it is a potential source of danger for children.
For further information on the treatment, recovery and recycling of this product, contact your competent local office, the household waste collection service or the shop where you purchased the appliance.
Information:
This appliance does not contain CFCs. The refrigerant circuit contains R134a (HFC) or R600a (HC) (see the rating plate inside the appliance). Appliances with Isobutane (R600a): isobutane is a natural gas without environmental impact, but is flammable. Therefore, make sure the refrigerant circuit pipes are not damaged.
This product may contain Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol; the refrigerant gas is inside a hermetically sealed system.
Refrigerant gas: R134a has a Global Warming Potential of (GWP) 1300.
Declaration of conformity
•This appliance has been designed for preserving food and is manufactured in compliance with Regulation (CE) No. 1935/2004.
•This appliance has been designed, manufactured and marketed in compliance with:
-safety objectives of the “Low Voltage" Directive 2006/95/CE (which replaces 73/23/CEE and subsequent amendments);
-the protection requirements of Directive “EMC" 2004/108/EC.
Electrical safety of the appliance can only be guaranteed if it is correctly connected to an approved earthing system.
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GENERAL PRECAUTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
•Use the wine cellar only to store wines and do not put any other type of food into it.
•Be careful not to cover or obstruct the appliance's ventilation openings.
•To avoid the risk of suffocation and becoming trapped, do not allow children to play or hide inside the appliance.
•Before any maintenance or cleaning, unplug the plug from the power socket or switch off the electrical power.
•Only an authorised person can replace the power supply cable.
•Do not keep explosive substances in the appliance.
•Be careful when moving the appliance not to damage flooring (e.g. parquet).
•Do not use extensions or multiple adapters.
•The appliance is not intended for use by young children or unsupervised infirm people.
•Do not damage the cooling fluid circuit.
•Do not use electrical appliances inside the appliance's frozen food storage compartments, if they are not of the type recommended by the manufacturer.
•Place the appliance in a dry and well-ventilated room. The appliance is designed to work in rooms where the temperature falls within the following intervals, which in turn are a function of the climatic class given on the data plate: the appliance may not work correctly if it is left for a long time at a temperature higher or lower than the interval specified.
Climatic Class |
Room T. (°C) |
Room T (°F) |
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SN |
from 10 to 32 |
from 50 to 90 |
N |
from 16 to 32 |
from 61 to 90 |
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ST |
from 16 to 38 |
from 61 to 100 |
T |
from 16 to 43 |
from 61 to 110 |
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Important:
•If large amounts of wine are put in the appliance, it may take several days for it to reach a constant temperature.
•Caution! The storage temperature must never drop below +6°C.
•When the appliance is working, drops of dew or frost may form on the inner liner wall. This depends on the operation. There is no need to scrape the frost off or dry off the dew. The back wall defrosts automatically. The defrost water is automatically conveyed to a drain hole, and then collected in a container where it evaporates.
•The bottles can be stored neatly on the wooden racks. Each shelf can bear a maximum weight of 40 Kg.
Remember when arranging
•Place the bottles in a central position on the rack.
•When closing the door make sure that the bottles do not touch the glass door.
•Caution: highly concentrated alcohol must be kept hermetically closed and in a vertical position.
•Because of the circulation of air in the refrigerator, different temperature zones form: the colder zones are those near the back wall, the warmer zones are close to the door glass.
•Always store bottled wines individually and not in cases or cardboard boxes.
•The recommended quantities of 0.75 l Bordeaux type bottles are as follows:
-h 1400: 88 bottles;
-h 1600: 101 bottles;
-h 1800: 119 bottles.
However, the appliance itself has been built to withstand the following loads:
-h 1400: 101 bottles MAXIMUM;
-h 1600: 121 bottles MAXIMUM;
-h 1800: 137 bottles MAXIMUM.
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INTRODUCTION TO WINE
Wine storage
A well-known characteristic of wine is that it can be stored over time: in the correct location, white wines can be stored for about two years after their vintage although ideally they should be drunk within one year. While light red wines can be stored for up to two years, full-bodied reds will age well for 10 years and dessert wines even up to twenty years.
When you buy a bottle of wine, transfer it to your wine cellar or other suitable place immediately.
There are three main factors that weigh on the process from grape cultivation to harvesting and fermentation: light, humidity and ambient temperature. To ensure the taste of the wine matures to its peak and the aroma remains unaltered, it must be stored with the right interaction of these three factors.
Storage location
Not everyone has a basement suitable for use as a cellar. Technology has only recently come up with an effective substitute for a natural cellar. Your new wine cellar is a special appliance designed specifically to hold and store wines properly. Indeed, it should only be used for your favourite bottles of wine, not for fruit, vegetables and tins. In this way, you can store and age any kind of wine properly even if you don't have a natural wine cellar.
How to store wine
When storing your wine bottles, one golden rule not to be overlooked is that they must be laid horizontally or at an angle to ensure the wine keeps the cork wet. Some say that this causes the classic smell of “cork" in wine. In actual fact, keeping the cork in contact with the wine enhances its elasticity thereby guaranteeing its continued effectiveness.
Another important factor in storing wine is how the bottles are arranged: the bottles should be arranged at liberty by place of origin, type of wine, area of production, winery or vintage, using the catalogue labels provided if desired. Arranging the bottles so that they can be easily identified and selected prevents any accidental jolts which, like vibrations, can unsettle sediments and alter the visual appearance of the wine for some time. Hence, try to move your bottles as little as possible, allowing the wine to rest. Furthermore, don't push the bottles so far back that they rest against the rear wall of the cellar as this would not only interfere with the automatic defrosting function, the water droplets collected during defrosting could also ruin the bottle labels.
Bottle racks must be made from wood as this effectively absorbs any vibrations and keeps bottles away from the wall transmitting heat or cold.
In addition, the bottles of wine must be stored away from substances or places with strong odours which can be easily absorbed by the wine. To this end, your new appliance has an active carbon filter to absorb any impurities in the air.
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