If you’re in the market for a compact beer dispenser, you’ve undoubtedly come across the Krups/Heineken BeerTender.  The BeerTender is a great product, however, it’s only configured to work with Heineken and Heineken Light five-liter draught kegs.  For those who’d prefer a little more variety in their beer, we’d recommend going with the Wunderbar, a versatile beer dispenser compatible with four, five and six-liter kegs.  With Wunderbar’s optional uni-keg, the beer machine also chills and dispenses wine and other beverages.

The Wunderbar beer dispenser comes in three models:

• Wunderbar Cooler Professional, which uses compressor cooling, and comes recommended for intensive use (€ 278, $400);
• Wunderbar Cooler Thermo, which uses Peltier cooling and is recommended for home use (€ 222, $320); and
• Wunderbar Cooler Party, a battery-operated version suited for outdoor use (€ 186, $268).

Simplistic in style, each Wunderbar carries a slick European look that’s guaranteed to impress, whether it’s sitting behind the bar or outside by the pool.
Available through: Wunderbar [via Appliancist]

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Rather listen to music in the kitchen than watch TV on a built-in refrigerator LCD? Slovenian appliance maker Gorenje has a new “Made for iPod” fridge/freezer combo on the way, announced over the weekend at IFA 2008, a large international consumer electronics fair held in Berlin, Germany.  Simple in design, the iPod fridge features an attached iPod dock on the top half of the unit, with the fridge drawing style cues from the portable music player.

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Need some extra room to chill your wine and hang your meats? Then the La Glaciere antique refrigerator might be the perfect solution, assuming you’ve got the room in your cellar and over $17,000 to spare. Constructed from French Oak and finished with brass plating, everything about this luxury fridge spells baller, down to the leather door seals.

The fridge comes in five dual temperature models, with dedicated storage areas for wine and hanging meats. As you’ll notice in the pictures shown, the wine fridge dominates the right half of the fridge, with two smaller compartments for food off to the left. Unless you’re on a liquid diet, we’d recommend adding the La Glaciere to your wine cellar or storage room, rather than making it your primary fridge.

Each of the 2,000 limited edition units produced comes finished with a personalized solid brass nameplate as well as an engraved identification number.

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Tired of your washer and dryer taking up unnecessary space in your crib? India-based designer Harsha Vardhan has come up with a smart washing machine concept that eliminates the need for the traditional washer-dryer combo by integrating an ionic pressure washing system into a pebble-looking lounge chair. Instead of using water, Vardhan’s Alternative Clothes Cleaner blasts laundry with ionized air, so it emerges clean and dry. Whether the Alternative Clothes Cleaner is at work or at rest, this futuristic washing machine serves as a lounge seat. And according to the designer, purchasers would have the option to select from a variety of colors and custom finishes.

While the Alternative Clothes Cleaner remains a concept, we can see similar space-saving washer-dryer units making it into more than just the laundry room. Peep the large image gallery after the jump for a more in-depth look at the Alternative Clothes Cleaner and its functionality.

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Want your wine perfectly chilled but not in the mood to drop 5 g’s on the Grotto WineBar? For about $137 the Intelligent Electric Wine Cooler lets you chill 30 different wine types at different temperatures, and it’s all controlled by an LCD screen located at the base of the device. Equipped with an insulated bottle neck, the Intelligent Wine Cooler maintains the exact same temperature throughout the bottle. Bring it to the beach, the BBQ, or anywhere else your want your wine to be the perfect temperature. The Intelligent Wine Cooler is lightweight, and the bottle opener on the back helps ensure that you wont be left without a means to pop the cork.

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