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Wine Cellar & Storage Advice

Wine cellar with mixed round and angled racks against a stone wall

What is the question holding up your cellar? Read our guides on racking, cooling, bottle counts and what it all costs, written by the people who sell the equipment. Bring Mike the part that needs a closer look.

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How we answer a cellar question

Three steps, and none of them start with a product.

It is the same order we use on the phone, and the same order the articles follow.

  1. Measure the room

    Length, width, ceiling, wall build-up, the door and what is on the other side of every surface. Bottle count comes out of that, not out of a wish.

    A brick arch frames a cellar bar between label-forward racks and wooden diamond bins.Planning a Wine Cellar That Can Grow3 min readRead the article

  2. Size the cooling

    Work out the room's construction and heat load before choosing a unit. Mike checks equipment location, airflow and service requirements with the contractors he brings in.

    Wooden diamond bins and bottle slots surround open wine cases on a cellar counter.Wine Cellar Temperature and Humidity Fundamentals3 min readRead the article

  3. Price the whole thing

    Racking, cooling, door, finish and install, as a range you can plan around. Then you decide what to do first.

    Wine bottles rest at an angle in an illuminated wooden display row.How Much Does It Cost to Build a Wine Rack?5 min readRead the article

What you get here

Practical answers for your cellar.

Pick the part of the project you are working on, from the room to the bottles.

Every article

The full shelf

Newest first, twenty-four to a page.

When the reading is done

Keep going

The three pages readers open next.

  • A wooden ladder stands beside gray bottle racks and an illuminated central display alcove.

    Residential cellars

    Closets, under-stair rooms, glass walls and whole basements, with the photos to prove it.

  • Glass-front wine storage with wooden racks lines a restaurant corridor.

    Commercial cellars

    Restaurants, wineries and retail: wine displays and bulk storage planned for service.

  • Wine bottles are stored horizontally on wall-mounted racks in a climate-controlled room with unfinished wooden framing and a WhisperKOOL Extreme 8000ti cooling unit.

    Cellar equipment

    WhisperKOOL, Wine Guardian, CellarPro, VintageView, Transtherm: the gear we stand behind.

From the shop

Everything here is for sale at the showroom

Wine Hardware stocks these in our Walnut Creek showroom and sizes them for real rooms. Prices are current; freight on the heavy items is quoted with the order.

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Not sure which size the room wants? Send Mike the dimensions before you order, that is the part that goes wrong.

Start here

Which idea would you like to try at home?

Bring Mike the article, a photo of the room and the number of bottles you want to store. Call (925) 944-1084 and we will check the idea against your walls.

Contact usCall Mike at (925) 944-1084