The 7 Best Wine Coolers and Wine Fridges for Every Budget (2024)

Ready to choose a fridge to house your burgeoning wine collection? We’ve rounded up some of the best wine fridges for every budget.

The best wine cooler for a small budget: Ivation 18-Bottle Wine Cellar

On the lowest end of the price range, Amazon’s best-selling 18-bottle unit fits easily into tighter spaces (hello, New York City apartments), although it works best as a freestanding rather than built-in unit in order to ventilate properly. A smoked glass door is easy to match with any style of decor, and the digital touch controls allow you to set your ideal temperature.

An affordable dual-zone cellar: Wine Enthusiast 32-Bottle Wine Refrigerator

A solid option for beginners with a bit more to spend, this energy-efficient, dual-zone wine fridge offers a more sleek design and higher functionality than the Ivation. It’s divided into two 16-bottle zones, with the top (54–66°F) ideal for reds and some whites, and the bottom (46–66°F), providing optimum conditions for most whites. For storing larger bottles, the chrome shelves can be pulled out. While its manufacturers tout its “virtual silence,” the unit must be vented to an open area, and thus is not a good fit for under-counter installation.

The best built-in wine cooler: NewAir 19-Bottle Compressor Wine Cooler

For a sophisticated built-in wine cabinet option, this 12-inch-wide, 19-bottle unit can be installed directly into your cabinetry—a fan helps to minimize temperature fluctuations. Use the blue LED interface to adjust the temperature between 40 and 66 degrees. Note that the sliding wine racks are not removable, and thus may not be ideal for storing larger bottles.

A wine fridge with lots of storage: N’Finity Pro2 S Dual Zone Wine Cellar

This versatile, dual-zone cellar is ideal for budding wine enthusiasts with a bit more space (and cash) to spend on their collection. Holding up to 46 bottles, the 34-inch-tall, free-standing wine cooler fridge has a sleek look (complete with stainless steel trim), offers digital temperature control, well-spaced shelving, interior lights, and a charcoal filter that maintains humidity and circulation.

A top-of-the-line pick for serious collectors: EuroCave Pure S Wine Cellar

This marks the pinnacle of wine cellar manufacturing. “Eurocave makes the most durable, reliable wine caves with the best warranty and service,” says Slover. Salcito agrees saying, “If you’re becoming more interested in wine and want to have room for those allocated bottles you’ve been truffle hunting, go for a Eurocave.” At nearly $2,000, this free-standing 66-bottle cellar is made for serious collectors. A sensitive-touch control panel and remote LED lighting system offer sleek trimmings, while a built-in alarm alerts you to lowered humidity levels. It's also super energy-efficient, which makes for an attractive feature both from an environmental and cost-efficient perspective.

Best mini wine fridge: Wine Enthusiast 6-Bottle Wine Cooler

If you’re looking to store just 6-8 bottles, chances are you're not a serious collector. A mini wine fridge is perfect for storing the everyday wines you’re going to be drinking soon. Wine Enthusiast’s 6-bottle fridge has a digital touch screen and LED temperature display for easy control. It’s small enough to fit on a counter or in a small apartment kitchen. And the metal shelves can hold Bordeaux-sized bottles, making them great for traditionally bottled whites and roses. There aren’t a ton of extras but the apartment-friendly fridge will do the job and do it quietly.

Best wine and beer fridge: N'Finity Pro HDX by Wine Enthusiast

Perhaps wine isn’t the only beverage you want to keep fresh in a temperature-controlled environment. Maybe you scored some quality beers or even canned co*cktails or canned wine you want to have chilled and at the ready. Here’s another situation that calls for a dual-zone fridge. “We find that most canned co*cktails are best served ice cold, as if freshly shaken, so having a dual temperature setting is a must,” Cronk says. This pick isn’t cheap, but it’s a one-stop-shop for all your beverage cooling needs. You can fit up to 35 wine bottles and 90 cans of beer. The left side features seven pull-out shelves for wine and the right side includes four fixed shelves for cans. You can control the separate temperatures of each side without opening the doors thanks to the digital touch screen controls. And that right zone can get down to 36 degrees Farenheit—talk about ice-cold.