Returning to the point of the original posting, which was recommendations:

A very quick check on groups.google.com disclosed several hundred _threads_
on such keywords as refrigerator, cooler, vinotemp, or vinotheque (the
latter being brand names) on alt.food.wine, rec.food.drink (pre-1995 when it
carried mostly wine info), and net.wines. (Beginning approximately with one
on "refrigerators" from Bob Niland, a prolific and venerable poster, in
1986.) Specifically, one search gave 658 threads within AFW alone,
increasing (interestingly) only slightly to 660 with addition of the further
trade name subzero.

Some of these threads are irrelevant, but since relatively little product
advice and experience has _not_ already been posted on these newsgroups, the
existing postings are rich ground for the searcher willing to lift a finger.
That's a practical first step anyway, and any residual questions may
possibly fall into the particular experience of the current crop of
experienced readers -- which changes constantly.