GE Monogram

The New GE Monogram® Wine Vault™ -- a Must for the Luxury Home

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The new GE Monogram Wine Vault is designed for the consumer who waits anxiously each November for the Beaujolais Nouveau to arrive, who knows a Syrah from a Pinot Noir or who simply wants the perfect addition to a luxury home.

More than an appliance, the Wine Vault is a spacious, self- contained storage unit that is professionally installed in the consumer's home. The Monogram Wine Vault offers the ideal location for storing or displaying wines.

Monogram's new Wine Vault is designed specifically to manage and store fine wine in a secured environment. The Wine Vault measures approximately 8 feet high x 8 feet deep x 8 ½ feet wide.

GE has also developed an exciting Cellar Management System which comes pre-programmed with information about thousands of wines. The system employs a color touch screen console and tag printer for convenience.

The system includes:

Bar code labeling to assist with locating wine and removing it from inventory
Drop down menus allowing the user to pre-load the database and classify each bottle entered into the system
Inventory protection to manage hold time, peak and past due drink time for each type of wine
Quick and easy look-up features to find bottles by country, type, and vintage
Easy ongoing maintenance to enter and remove bottles in seconds

The 3000 BTU cooling system cools the room to 55 degrees Fahrenheit, maintaining a consistent humidity level for long-term wine storage. Electronic controls use a self-calibrating temperature probe to ensure a consistent temperature throughout the wine vault.

Consumers may choose between the following two options for racking:

Storage racks are designed for the consumer searching for functionality and maximum capacity - holding almost 1100 bottles.
Tasting racks are designed for consumers who like to display their collection. It replaces some of the inventory racks with an angled row for display and a tasting alcove in the back. Its maximum capacity is roughly 1031 bottles.

Both rack options are made of fine redwood. Engraved metal plates label rack locations to help inventory wines by region and variety.

Insulated panels with an R33 insulation factor and an airtight door seal help keep the temperature and humidity constant. The door can be locked to keep consumers precious wine inventory secure.

The GE Monogram Wine Vault had limited distribution starting in July 2005.

GE Consumer & Industrial spans the globe as an industry leader in major appliance, lighting and integrated industrial equipment, systems and services. Providing solutions for commercial, industrial and residential use in more than 100 countries, GE Consumer & Industrial uses innovative technologies and "ecomagination," a GE initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that help customers and consumers meet pressing environmental challenges, to deliver comfort, convenience and electrical protection and control. General Electric (NYSE: GE) brings imagination to work, selling products under the Monogram®, Profile™ GE®, Hotpoint®, SmartWater™ Reveal®, Edison™ and Energy Smart™ consumer brands, and Entellisys™ industrial brand. For more information, consumers may visit www.ge.com.

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