Question Wine storage in a Newmar?

[TJ&LadyDi]

Has anyone installed a small (12-18 bottles) wine cooler in their Newmar DP? We're looking for a better way to properly store wine in the coach when on the road. We have a larger wine cooler for the sticks-and-bricks, and I know they make some smaller units. Now, we just need to find a place to put it. And, as all coach owners know, there isn't any "extra" storage space in these beasts.

If you've found a creative way to do this in your coach, I'd love to see a photo or two.

TJ

 

[Neal]

Dometic CF-80 stores my wine

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Dometic CF-80 stores my wine

Store wine? who wants to store it?

 

[Neal]

Store wine? who wants to store it?

There is only one line plumbed so far and that’s the Guinness keg.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

Dometic CF-80 stores my wine

Yeah, but that means you have too go outside to get a bottle of wine.

TJ

 

[Neal]

Yeah, but that means you have too go outside to get a bottle of wine.

TJ

No, you could add a water wine pump and water wine pump controller. Easy enough. Contact @Chuggs for wiring instructions.

 

[Neal]

I'm not sure how small of a cooler you could find that could go in the coach depending where you want to put it. For basement options (aka wine cellar) if you don't have a Dometic cooler you could do the same type of setup but instead with a smaller wine cooler. Just need a 120V outlet which is easy to add as I did my own and then place in basement. Not sure a slideout tray is needed but you could go to the same place I got mine, the provider of Newmar trays, and see what's in their catalog that fits or get a custom one made if that's an option.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

No, you could add a water wine pump and water wine pump controller. Easy enough. Contact @Chuggs for wiring instructions.

I should have known this was gonna be an uphill battle. Maybe it is time to start looking at Newells.

TJ

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

I'm not sure how small of a cooler you could find that could go in the coach depending where you want to put it. For basement options (aka wine cellar) if you don't have a Dometic cooler you could do the same type of setup but instead with a smaller wine cooler. Just need a 120V outlet which is easy to add as I did my own and then place in basement. Not sure a slideout tray is needed but you could go to the same place I got mine, the provider of Newmar trays, and see what's in their catalog that fits or get a custom one made if that's an option.

We do have the CF-80 on a slideout tray, but was hoping to find a way to put a small cooler inside the coach. They make them as small as 6" wide (6 bottles single-stacked) but I was hoping to find space for a 12" wide.

TJ

 

[Neal]

Stacker trailer could be a cost effective alternative. You could even have it painted "Pinot Express" or some gorgeous vineyard scenery??

 

[Jim]

The problem, as I see it, is you're allowing quality, taste and presentation to interfere with convenience. Perhaps if you were to pick up a half dozen boxes of el-cheapo, from the vineyards of "everythings a dollar", you will find that storage is a simple as stacking them up under the bed. No need for refrigeration, they're just fine warm.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

The problem, as I see it, is you're allowing quality, taste and presentation to interfere with convenience. Perhaps if you were to pick up a half dozen boxes of el-cheapo, from the vineyards of "everythings a dollar", you will find that storage is a simple as stacking them up under the bed. No need for refrigeration, they're just fine warm.

OK, let me admit that we are what many people call "wine snobs." Sorry, but LadyDi and I grew up in the heart of the California "wine country" and both of our families were involved in the wine business. And, being a crazy Basque, I have a fondness for Basque wines produced in Spain and available only in bottles.

"Boxes" just won't cut it; unless, you can find a 2017 vintage Bodega K5 Pilota Hondarrabi Zuri Getariako Txakolina in such a container.

TJ

 

[Kevin D Pem]

No, you could add a water wine pump and water wine pump controller. Easy enough. Contact @Chuggs for wiring instructions.

That's the way I would do it.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

We do have the CF-80 on a slideout tray, but was hoping to find a way to put a small cooler inside the coach. They make them as small as 6" wide (6 bottles single-stacked) but I was hoping to find space for a 12" wide.

TJ

Honestly, My cellar is in the cargo trailer. I store more than just a little wine Have to have the cheese too.

 

[Jim]

OK, let me admit that we are what many people call "wine snobs."

TJ

So, if I understand this correctly, we won't find a bottle of Gallo anywhere near your coach? You know, that stuff that comes in a big green 1-gallon jug?

 

[Kevin D Pem]

So, if I understand this correctly, we won't find a bottle of Gallo anywhere near your coach? You know, that stuff that comes in a big green 1-gallon jug?

Hummm. Does it come in a box?

 

[Kevin D Pem]

No really I don't store much wine. but I do have a cellar.

 

[Neal]

I just buy grapes. You all are fools to have someone step all over them and pour it into a bottle. Don't you watch TV?

 

[Rod]

Priorities, it's all about priorities. Sounds like you'll have to sacrifice some space. Perhaps the lower two shelves of your pantry and install a cooler in that space if that works.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

So, if I understand this correctly, we won't find a bottle of Gallo anywhere near your coach? You know, that stuff that comes in a big green 1-gallon jug?

Actually, Gallo has made some pretty good wine at times. I knew both Ernest and Julio Gallo through my dad, and they were respected winemakers. Their niche was drinkable, everyday family wine. That said, you probably won't find a jug of Gallo wine in the coach very often...unless LadyDi is using it in her to-die-for pot roast.

TJ