For all off those wine collectors like me that live in Northern Virginia, I wanted to let you guys know that a new state of the art wine storage facility just opened off Route 1 in the Potomac Yards area of Alexandria, VA. The facility is within the larger Mini-U-Storage self-storage warehouse located at 405 Swann Ave., Alexandria, VA.
I used to store my wine at Domaine and Zachys DC but am moving my wine to this new facility. Plus it’s super close to my house given that I live in Northern Virginia. I am thrilled to no longer have to cross the river to get my wine!
Here is some info on the facility:
If you are interested, contact the facility’s manager Henry at 703-863-4031.
Also, mention Promo Code ALX2023 to get 50% off your first 6-month’s rent plus an addition 10% off your next 6-month’s rent.
Cheers!
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Can’t find much information online about this place. Is he running like an A/C unit inside a storage unit?
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No. It’s a professional wine storage facility. Basically, it’s a separate temperature and humidity controlled wine warehouse with separate secure access. It also has a dedicated redundant HVAC systems with emergency back up. In total, they have around 75 wine storage units. Environmentally, it’s just as good if not better than Domaine and the Zachys DC’s facility. Coming from Domaine and Zachys DC, I would never store my fine wine in a self-storage unit, even if it did have air conditioning. That would be nuts.
You should go see it it’s pretty sweet. Here are some pics.
Wow, looks nice.
I just purchased a 300 bottle fridge from Costco, but may consider something like this in the future.
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Yeah, it is a pretty nice place. However, you probably only need an off-site storage unit if you have a good bit of wine that you want to lay down for aging. Otherwise, the 300 bottle unit should do you just fine. Cheers!
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Damn. I missed this thread, but just rented a locker there. Now comes the fun part - paying to temp-control ship the 80 or so cases that I’ve had in storage back in Chicago (at a much cheaper price) for last 20 years.
Gary, I think you will enjoy storing your wine at the Alexandria Mini-U facility. My friends and I have been there for about 2 years now and really like it. When you get everything set up, let’s try to meet up in person. It would be good to share a bottle or two.
80 cases of fine wine? 20 years of age?! Let me know if you are looking for social groups to taste with in the area!
Lol! The stuff in Chicago has been my long-term storage (or as I like to think of them, my “retirement wines”). I moved to the DMV in 2010. But the Chicago storage was stupid cheap compared to the DC area (about $1,000/year for the 75 or so cases) so, as I bought younger wines that needed to be laid down, I cycled them back to the Chicago locker and brought older stuff back. Which is to say, that the wine getting moved east is mostly from the 2015/2016 vintages, after which I cut myself off from buying newer. The older stuff is already out here, although I’ve gone through a lot of the 20-25 year old stuff.
And I’m always happy to have an excuse to open some bottles!
Gary
