The popularity of wine continues to grow as is evident by the wide varieties, the greater availability, and the increasing number of arguments over what constitutes a really fine wine. At the same time, the storage of wine is not the simple process of sticking the bottles in a cool basement until it is time to uncork one.

According to Achrnews.com, refrigeration is playing a greater and greater role, not only in keeping wine at just the right temperature, but also in giving it a long shelf life. The wine industry is thus becoming a growth sector of the economy and a potential growth market for the HVACR industry’s contractors and technicians, as the technologies being used — refrigeration, humidification, dehumidification, variable-speed drives — are all familiar to these professionals.

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