Assessing space for possible home cellar usage

[ykwon]

@Chris Seiber

Make sure to budget space and funds for the retina scanner.

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[Murray_Stiles]

@Andrew Hamilton

@Ian Sutton

I’m wary of suggesting this, as it’s the route to uncontrolled buying, but what about a combo of using that space for wine to drink, whilst using offsite storage for stuff that needs to be left to mature?

I’d love to leverage off site storage but my partner is less than enamored with the off site paid storage option.

Your mileage may vary, however after quite a few years of running a large (430 bottle) wine fridge in my garage, I recently switched to a combo of the bulk being offsite, with a modest “drink soon” and “new arrivals” fridge of around 100 bottles in the house.

As it turns out, the offsite storage for me was cheaper for the first 9 years if I did not factor in the cost of electricity - ie: offsite storage was cheaper in Sydney than owning a large wine fridge.

Now converting a space in your house may have significantly less capital costs, but id check out the math and see where it falls for your situation.

[Steve_Brickley]

I like and prefer offsite for long term with home cellar for current consumption.

[alan_weinberg]

over-insulate.

[Jeffrey_Neal]

Take a look at Vintage View racks. If you could get 8 of their 7 foot racks on your walls it would hold 504 bottles. They would be easy to install and would give you a little room in the middle to move around. Whatever you decide to buy, make certain you have room to assemble them and get them in the cellar. I came within half an inch of not being able to get my racking installed because of that problem.