Photo Gallery of Wine Cellar Installs - October 2010

Hello! :slight_smile: I was posting some photos of wine cellar installs on a previous thread and since it was a new month, I thought I would start a new thread if no one minds! As a reminder, my company is Wine Cellar Innovations and we manufacture wine racks and wine cellars.

Really though, I think it’s fun to post photos of wine racks and cellars so you can get a little inspiration for your own dreams. I know many of you are building and installing your own so if I can help spark some ideas, that is great!

Last month I had some requests for photos of smaller closet wine cellars. I have some of those in the queue for our wine cellar blog coming up in the next few weeks. There are also 3 smaller photos in our popular ideas section of our website.

Anyway… on to the good stuff! Our Technical Tuesday wine cellar install for today is a residential home in Indian Hill. ← more details on the blog!

Here is the 2D layout:

The wood is gorgeous and is Premium Redwood with a light lacquer stain.

The whole thing was completed under $10k which included the racking, stain, a cellar door, LED lighting, shipping, and tax.

Happy Tuesday :slight_smile:

Yesterday, our Tech Tuesday installation of a wine cellar is showing off a video walk through. It’s pretty nice. A couple located in Atlanta Georgia tore down their exercise room and went crazy with a wine room. If you want to take a walk through, here it is:

This is in our Platinum Series in All Heart Redwood with… storage for 2,800 wine bottles! That is a lot. I really like the wine tasting table right smack in the middle though. It makes it easy for extra counter space for unloading wine cases, I think.

Krisit - Thanks for posting. They look great, and $10 k for that set up ain’t bad. I have a quick question or 2.

On the ladder racks, how tall is each space. In other words, how many botles can I fit in a 70 inch high space with clearance - think Pinot bottles. Just not sure hum much clearance is needed.

Also, underneath we are doing bins that looks like a big X. 29 X 36. Same question, any clue on how many bottles? Thanks.

Brad

Not Kristi, but when I built my cellar the racking was 3.5" on center vertically, and 4.25 on center horizontally. That would theoretically give you 20 bottles in your 70" height, but you’ll probably lose one to top and bottom trim. Everything fit in those racks except a few of the fatter pinot noir bottles and some bubbly.

AHH! I never got emailed a reply from here! I’m so sorry! I’m going to message you to see if you want me to get your information to a Design Specialist but I know our Vintner Series comes in 3 or 4 foot racks that you can stack but you would not be able to stack them with a 70 inch high space. You would probably need it custom built.

I’m honestly not sure if that addresses your question :slight_smile:

If you are talk about how many bottles that the X bin holds, here is the link to the specs.
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If it is custom, that would differ a bit.

As for holding actual bottle sizes, most of our racks have a center-line of 3 3/4 height. They can hold those larger Burgundy or Bordeaux bottles.

how much did building this room out like that cost?
and what was included in the cost, and what wasn’t? (obviously the wood racks, :slight_smile: but what about door, light, insulation, cooling unit? obviously not the glasses/art work :slight_smile:)

This was an extremely HUGE job. It was very custom as it was one of our Platinum Series wine racks which meant it was full depth, had most of the racking in solid wood (which means more $$), and was also constructed in All Heart Redwood which costs more than Premium Redwood or Pine. It also had a stain on the racks.

This link will give you a good estimate of how much a room will cost you depending on what type of wood:
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You can see the price really fluctuates and how you can still build a large wine cellar on a smaller budget if you plan it right.

This cellar included the All Heart Redwood racks, light stain, crown and base molding, curved corners, LED lighting, corner displays, rectangular bin bottles, diamond bin bottles, the glass sidelight with etchings, glass door with no etchings, archway with tabletop, the adjustable cabinets, plus installation. I think the art work was the only thing NOT included? :slight_smile: This was very high end, it looks like it ran in the mid-five figures actually.

For any wine store owners out there, this is my FAVORITE! I hope you love it too :slight_smile: Primo Vino Commercial Wine Store had their wine racks installed a few months ago but we recently got the ‘after’ photos. It really is the prettiest little wine shop in Missouri.

Some before photos:

And some after images:

Primo Vino has a great selection of wine, as well as high-end spirits from around the world, micro-brewed and import beers, artisan cheese and meats, cigars, and gourmet products. There is nothing like it in their town and they are doing great ever since their opening. My favorite is the triple tier Merchandisers and Maximizer wine displays. They look amazing with all those wine bottles in there!

We have a new residential wine cellar that is located behind a wet bar. A gorgeous arched window shows the racks behind the bar.

The wood is our Amber Blaze Mahogany with no stain and has a maximum storage capacity of 1,013 bottles.

We provided the racks and LED lighting and total was around $5,000. Remember the different woods have an impact on price, as well as the use of solid materials or open bins. Here is an example of 7 cellars that are priced out with different woods.

You didn’t really mean 11000 bottles, now, did you? [wow.gif]

[shock.gif] Er, um…

I was really just checking to see if anyone was reading! :wink: Or maybe an extra 1 slipped in somewhere… :slight_smile:

1,013 bottles to be exact… hehe

We had a new residential install that I wanted to share. Thought I would continue to keep this thread updated instead of starting a new one. :slight_smile: It’s Premium Redwood stained in Dark Walnut and it looks very good.

What: Residential Custom Wine Cellar
Project #: 205559
Wood: Premium Redwood, stained in Dark Walnut
Maximum storage capacity: 784 wine bottles
Where: Ridgedale, MO

Featuring single and double deep storage, rectangular bins, solid diamond bins, a lovely railed archway and more, the dark wood is a nice contrast against the tile floors and walls.

Each bin compartment of the rectangular bin wine racks are designed to hold 12 single deep standard Bordeaux or Burgundy wine bottles, or 24 double deep. Those solid diamond bins also allow them to stock up to 9 magnums, 12 champagnes or 16 standard wine bottles.

There are a few more pictures on the blog but I wanted to share this one!

Had to post this beautiful Amber Blaze Mahogany cellar just installed in Alabama. It stores 1,395 wine bottles and has a beautiful light stain on it. I just added a super amazing wood section in our website so if you would like to look up the different examples of wood we offer (or just to learn more!) and use our interactive wood swatch viewer, it can be fun to research. Most of it can be personal preference but seeing the difference in grain, wood, and stains can be interesting.

So the cellar!

My favorite part of this is the peninsula table. The wood and archway next to it is gorgeous! The wine cellar door, shown below, has a arched top gate along with a climbing grapvine.

Hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving!

I’ve been reading through a lot of the posts in Wine Pimps and I’m LOVING all the wine stores that are popping up. How are you displaying your wine? What is your favorite displays that your clients gravitate to?

This is one of my favorites right here:

It’s our Diamond Cube Wine Display and I love how the wine just pops out at you!

This wine store is called World of Wines and is very simply laid out for maximum impact.

The rest of the information is posted on our tech tuesday blog about it but the wine store is doing very well.

Kristi, when you do a California install, do you mention earthquake-proofing or have any clients pro-actively brought it up? In my cellar every slot is protected with a QuakeGuardian band (other people have used just plain large rubber bands). Do people really put in stuff like diamond bins in earthquake country and not expect to lose all those bottles to a 7.0 (which would happen)?

Hi Nick,

I asked some of our experts and they said that first off, those who live and sell in California seldom promote anything bulk storage related. The exception to that is wood case racks, of course. It would be foolish to keep those bulk storage bins in California no matter how pretty they may look!

We do offer “Earthquake Resistant” wine racks which are only available in individual bottle storage. The description on those say “These wine racks are designed with a 6 1/2 degree angle sloped to the rear which is mounted against the wall. In the event of an earthquake, the wine bottles will naturally come to rest against the wall.”

We also offer a novelty chain that can be pinned into the rack and hold the neck of the bottle.

Don’t tease about a 7.0!! I live in Orange County, CA and have the earthquake site bookmarked, I have a terrible fear of them!

Hi Kristi,

When you say “bulk storage bins” . . . do you mean the diamond “X” bins where you can store some 6-12 bottles per triangle cut? Thanks!

Yep :slight_smile: I was responding to Nick talking about the diamond bins. I think he was asking about how I talked about my favorite photo:

If a 7.0 hit that baby, it probably wouldn’t be pretty :frowning: It was a good question!

Kristi, thanks for the reply! Hmmm. . . I got something like this in my offsite: http://www.beveragefactory.com/wine/wineracks/instantcellar/CUBE.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

basically, 20" x 20" . . . stacked 2 high, so really, 40" x 40" . . . it’s not as tall as your favorite picture, but now you got me wondering if I should get rid of them . . . but it does make everything pretty roomy in an offsite locker . . . haha. Thoughts?

good job!