Allavino MWR-541-SSR 51 Bottle Wine Cooler Refrigerator - Black Cabinet with Stainless Steel Door

After serious research, I purchased this wine refrigerator.It is soooo loud everyone comments.The wooden shelves are poorly made and have no sides to brace the bottles.You risk the bottles rolling out and breaking every time you extend the shelves....I cannot imagine a worse choice.

I just got this today to replace a GE that cost over twice the price so I will temper my review. The unit sits next to a subzero and the cosmetics match nicely though there are imperfections in the brushed stainless that are apparent if you look closely. My unit came with a very annoying ding in the stainless panel of the door that didn't happen during shipping. I will contact the seller and try to get a new panel or door. The height of the unit is a half inch higher than specified with the legs in the shortest position. I had to remove the legs and get felt pads for the bottom to make it fit under my counter. It cooled right down but is much noisier than my previous one. Shelves are flimsier but perhaps adequate except that there are no side rails! When you pull out the shelf, the bottles on the end can just fall on the floor. Shouldn't be hard to make a fix but the shelf must have been designed by someone that never used a wine frig. Overall it has a pleasing look and so far is doing its job. The bottom shelf doesn't slide out but you can store bottles there, just not see them easily. The spacing of the shelves is actually better than my GE was. Slightly fatter bottles fit any shelf without tearing labels.Addendum one week later. The seller won't ship just a replacement panel or door but will swap units or give a $75 refund to settle. I am taking the $75 because I don't want the hassle of repacking and shipping just because of a dent. It seems like a fair deal. I found a simple solution to the lack of side rails on the shelves. I cut 90 degree moldings from Home Depot into 16" sections and secured them to the edges existing shelves. Doesn't look bad at all and works great. The pine wood matches the shelves like it belongs there. Can't believe that these shelves were designed this way. The unit is still working fine. It's still loud (even as a built-in) and seems to be running most of the time, unfortunately. Still 3 stars.

I purchased an Allavino 168 bottle wine cooler from Beveragefactory.com 2 years ago. This past month, the cooler listed an error message and stopped keeping my wine at temperature. When I called Beveragefactory, I was given the name of repair facility in my area who I called and was told that they would not service this brand anymore because of the multiple problems they have had with these units. I told them I would pay for the service call and repair and was told they would not ever work on this brand again. When I told Beveragefactory who appear to be Allavino about this, they told me there was not another repair facility in my area. If you are considering purchasing this brand, I would strongly recommend that you not do so.

Allavino MWR-541-SSR 51 Bottle Wine Cooler Refrigerator - Black Cabinet with Stainless Steel Door  I purchased this unit about 4 years ago, really disappointed it started freezing up, I called a repair person they put in freon and charged me $225.00. It worked a few weeks they came and put in freon in again and lasted about week. I called the company back they told me it would take over $1000.00, to repair it, well that is more than I paid. NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY ALLAVINO or on line. I will buy a different brand. Now I have to go buy a new one. I called Allavino and they said they were sorry.

These things are horrible. I made the mistake of ordering 3. They look good but are incredibly loud and noisy. They also don;t hold temperature very well. They're on all the time and there's no way they hold the number of bottled claimed by the manufacturer. I returned mine and will lose a good chunk of change on the return. The the seller has free shipping when you buy but when you return them they charge you for the "free" shipping and the return shipping. They must be making money on the shipping when people return them cause these units are junk.Don't buy them.