The DIYers Guide to Building a Wine Wall, Cellar, or Display

Naples Wine Collection-Naples, FL
This style of wine wall is a perfect DIY project.  While we spend much of our time working with top design/build professionals on stunning commercial and residential wine rooms, our products are also designed in such a way that most DIYers can create the wine wall of their dreams on their own.  Here’s what you
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Wine Cellar FAQs: Can wine racks be installed into drywall?

Vino Pins Wall Mounted 3-Bottle Wine Rack Kit in black finish
When diving into the most elite wine collections, it is not surprising to find great vintages of Chateau Petrus, Screaming Eagle, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, and other rare finds that can be worth thousands of dollars or more per bottle. Many wine collectors get a little timid about storing such value on a wall mounted
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The Glass Wine Cellar: Picking between single-pane frameless and multi-pane glass options

Case & Crate Locker Installation
It doesn’t take much more than a few minutes of searching Houzz, Instagram, Pinterest, and the web in general to find numerous examples of glass wine display or glass cellars. This goes against every piece of common sense that we’ve come to understand about storing wine safely for decades, years, even months.  What gives?  Two
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The 3 Styles of Wine Cellars: Contemporary, Traditional, Transitional

Transitional Design Wine Cellar
There are three primary types of design being used in modern wine cellar construction: contemporary, transitional, and traditional. This guide covers what you need to know about all three.
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Materials 101: What you need to know about mounting your wine racks to drywall, wood, tile, and stone

Edwards Colorado Wine Cellar
Hanging things such as art, shelves, and more on walls is old hat for most construction professionals and DIYers. Yet, judging by our most frequently asked questions, the idea of hanging wine racks on a wall is a foreign concept. It probably has something to do with general unease of revolving around a precious bottle
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How Much Wine Can You Fit on a Wall? Wine Cellar Planning Based on Your Style

Wine Cellar Storage Planning
Perhaps one of the most common questions we get when clients are beginning the wine cellar project (right after, “Do I need cooling?”) is a very simple one: “How much wine can I fit on my wall?” The answer is, “it depends on your style.” Yup, style is a main driver of wine cellar capacity.
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Wine Cellar Planning: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself (or Your Client) Before You Start Building

Cooled Glass Wine Cellar in Newport Beach
The most basic decision to kick off a wine cellar or display planning process is to figure out if you need to add climate control (cooling and humidity). If you do, it becomes a much larger scale project (that can take weeks/months to build with a much higher price tag). If you don’t, you can
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Haute in the OC | Wine & Design Episode #5

Orange County Wine Cellar
In episode #5 of Wine and Design, we explore an insane home designed by Brandon Architects and Patterson Custom Homes that features a two-story wine display that’s connected through a glass floor and show-stopping views of the Pacific Ocean. What’s in the glass: 2015 Foxen Vineyards “Old Vine” Chenin Blanc (Santa Maria Valley, Ca)/$26  
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DIY Wine Closet: Expanding Capacity Under the Stairs with Metal Wine Racks

DIY Wine Rack Install
It doesn’t take long to outgrow a small wine wall, so I took some free time on Father’s Day weekend to tackle a long desired wine room expansion DIY project. Before After   A little backstory: For the past 2 years, there have typically been just as many bottles on the floor as on the racks.
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Curved glass walls and label forward wine racks: An impressive metal wine cellar at Fogo de Chao NYC

Perhaps too often, we assume that a national restaurant brand will offer up a cookie cutter décor alongside a predictably tasty menu. Not that we judge. However, when we first laid eyes on the Fogo de Chao NYC our expectations were were blown away. Probably because we have a one-track mind when it comes to checking out
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