Wine bottle refrigerator with enclosed cigar humidor drawer

In a wine bottle refrigerator including a cabinet defining a controlled chamber maintained within predetermined ranges of temperature and relative humidity, said cabinet having a front opening normally closed by a door pivotable between an open position and a closed position, a set of racks within said chamber for supporting bottles of wine, a cigar humidor within said chamber and comprising a wood box and a wood closure moveable between an open position and a closed position, said box and closure defining an enclosed compartment for confining a supply of cigars, a humidifier within said compartment for maintaining the cigars generally at a predetermined relative humidity, and a pair of parallel spaced horizontal extension tracks mounted within said chamber and supporting at least a portion of said humidor and the cigars for movement between a retracted stored position within said controlled chamber and an extended access position forwardly of said front opening after said door is pivoted to said open position.

A method of storing cigars within predetermined ranges of temperature and relative humidity, comprising the steps of enclosing the cigars within a humidor including a box and a closure moveable between an open position and a closed position, positioning a humidifier within the humidor to maintain the cigars generally within a predetermined range of relative humidity, supporting the humidor and the enclosed cigars for movement within a controlled chamber of a wine bottle refrigerator enclosing racks supporting bottles of wine, and maintaining the controlled chamber and the humidor within predetermined ranges of temperature and relative humidity.