Keeps KokoBlack chocolates at an utterly perfect temperature. Mine is sit to about 14 degrees in summer and that seems to be just the right temperature to get the full flavours.
I discovered this by accident when trying to find somewhere cool and dry yesterday when it was 40 degrees. Unfortunately several truffles did not make it into the cooler. They were eaten while trying to escape.
Yum.
The two most important features for any wine storage cooler, therefore, are that it be light proof, and that it cam maintain wine at the proper temperature. A wine storage cooler will contain either a passive, or active, temperature control system. A passive cooling system is the result of the cooler's construction, and usually includes a lining of Styrofoam or some other state of the art insulating material from NASA or another space-age agency.
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