Probably heated and vibrated.

I also would worry about heat and vibration.

Are you talking something like this?

More like this (but without the wine cooler - no space for that). Just the little stacked cubbies for storing wine bottles on their sides.

I didn't even think about vibration. Maybe I'll just try to fit in a little wine space in one of my uppers. I'll probably still keep the "good" wine for guests in the laundry room, but it would be nice to keep the "have a glass with dinner" wine in the kitchen.

No wine next to a fridge unless you never drink it. It’s the worst place in the kitchen to store wine other than adjacent to the range. Refrigerators create cold by removing heat and ejecting that into the room.

Makes sense. Two other bad places in my kitchen: above a heating vent that is annoyingly in the way and in a corner cabinet, against the west wall, which gets pretty hot in summer. I keep trying (WITH MY DESIGNER) to find a convenient place to tuck a few bottles away, but it's just not happening. That's OK though. It's a want, not a need.

There is no heat next to my fridge!

I am touching my cabinet right now. It is cool, as well as the side fridge panel. I do not know what type of fridge you all are talking about but mine is quiet and does not vibrate. Maybe those that are telling you otherwise have a different quality fridge. Check your specs. Any heat dissipates up through the top, as designed and does not seep through the sides of the cabinet. I am speaking from first hand experience not speculation. I’m putting a gauge on the cabinet right now and will let you know what it reads.

Modern refrigerators eject heat out the toekick grate at the bottom at the front. Not the rear or side. It’s not like the old exposed coils on the back. No wine within 18” of that is a best practice. Unless it’s in a wine fridge.

Both besides the fridge, and in the utility room are bad storage ideas for wine! Find a cooler location.

Our utility room is the coolest room in the house. The wine rack is near an exterior wall, and the wine is cool. It's just not convenient.

Absolutely! Not all of us can afford wine cellars or fridges or don’t want to devote valuable space to them. I imagine we’re not talking about $100 bottles of wine needing long term storage but $10 bottles that are imbibed within a few days or weeks.

BTW, I’m registering 70 degrees in every cab in my kitchen, even the one next to fridge. I’ll continue to store my reds there.

So many opinions.

My 5 yr old french door fridge vents heat at the bottom front as Sophie mentioned, and the area is a bit warmer. When the motor is running, there has to be a small amount of vibration even tho it isn't obvious.

Thanks for this thread - I have exactly the same dilemma. What I've learned so far (tongue in cheek): it's better to store wine in a less-than-ideal location than not to have wine at all! That point is so obvious but has eluded me as I think about putting it near the fridge.

Yep, just wondering about a few places I thought I might stash it. I think I will just put it in a cabinet. Or maybe I can make a place for it in my dining room. Thanks for all the info!

I would love something like that, but if you had read my thread, you would have seen that I do not have space for a cooler.

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