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Large Custom Wine Cellar In Amber Blaze Mahogany With Vintage Wine Barrel Tabletop

They say that a hero is born, not made. Well, we have a different take when it comes to luxurious wine cellars. Luxurious wine cellars are anything but born – they are CREATED and crafted with a passion. This huge and magnificent wine cellar we’re featuring today is the perfect example. Allow us to take you on the grand tour!

What we have here is a super spacious custom wine cellar showcasing the timeless beauty of Amber Blaze Mahogany wine racks in Dark Walnut stain.  The entire cellar can easily hold over 3,000 wine bottles in individual and bulk storage options. It features the Platinum Series as can be gleaned from the extensive variety in wine racking system as showcased in the image.

In checking out the video walkthrough for the cellar, you will come to find an elegant combination of Diamond Bins below and solid Vertical Display Racks. Note that the Display Racks are a great location to store and display oversize bottles, bottles with unique shapes, or the best place to highlight the jewels of your collection.

Smack at the center of the wine cellar is a gorgeous Vintage Wine Barrel Tabletop to complement the tabletops on the wine racking system made from 1 3/8″ thick Amber Blaze Mahogany.  It further features   a Pull out wood case storage with a concealed drawer for added functionality. Curved corners and high display reveals add to the drama, complemented by a Solid Archway that strategically displays a classic piece of wine cellar art.

Completing the lavish set-up are custom LED Downlights which are a perfect choice since they are low heat, energy efficient, and with over 50,000 hours of running time in them. We’d also like to call attention to the ingenious installation of Puck lights in the archway. These Puck lights re likewise made of LED and match the light frequency of the other accent lists in the racking. Keep in mind that when you put in custom lighting to your cellar, you need to ensure that different light wave lengths do not detract from its overall look and feel.

Did you get an eyeful of that beautiful cork flooring in the video? Cork is a natural and durable material as well as a rapidly renewable resource. Utilizing it as part of your wine cellar is a highly commendable, eco-friendly choice! The final touch to this opulent wine cellar tour  is one of our Standard Doors with etching on the arched glass. The stone work that was added around the door looks exquisite and blends in with the home’s existing decor.

Did the tour inspire you? We certainly hope so! If you dream of owning a luxurious wine cellar as this, all you have to do is consult our experienced design specialists. We exert all possible efforts to realize any and all wine cellar dreams – while working within your budget!

Doing Quality Control on the Harrison’s Custom Wine Cellar

Here we are looking at the Harrison project again, our Wine Cellar winner. Remember, the wood that is being used for their cellar is a custom Black Walnut with no stain. In the video, we are measuring out the wood so we have all the materials ready to go as we put together some of the bigger wine racks.

The wood shown here is from our high-tech CNC machine that produces incredible precision and beautiful cuts with Diamond Tooling.

Our Ohio factory is located in Cincinnati and we employ a combination of high-tech machines and handcrafted techniques to create our different products.

Now it’s time to get these beauties prepped for shipping! Along with instructions for the installers.

Another item we are doing quality control on is the diamond bins. Here are the instructions all laid out.

Even technology can be unpredictable though which is why we have those strict quality control guidelines that have each piece of wood inspected before it’s shipped out.

A person from that team is doing a quick test run of the product to make sure it all the parts are correct and ready to be installed.

Our Wine Cellar Winner’s Home is Almost Done

Our winners of the 2011 Dream Wine Cellar Givewaway continue to be hard at work on the new construction of their wine cellar. Take a look at how close we are getting to installation day!

The room is getting prepped and the wood is being cut and getting ready for it’s new home. The cellar will be made of our gorgeous Black Walnut wood with no stain. It was ordered in our Platinum Series of Custom Wine cellars. We are going for a maximum capacity of over 1,000 wine bottles.

You can see from the video that it’s going to be a large area. The completed wine cellar will have 5 different elevations with wine racks. With the ceiling on a few different levels, you can see the areas where the lighting will be installed to highlight the cellar. It’s going to be gorgeous.  Mostly filled up with individual bottles, along with some solid diamond bins, a beautiful display row, case storage, and some vertical display bottles so show off some of their favorite wine labels.

We snuck a peek into our Ohio factory where we are constructing the racks. We have the Black Walnut wood we are using to create their individual bottle storage. It’s pre-cut and sanded already. Each rack is reinforced on each rung to make it secure and stable for each wine bottle. This particular rack we are working on is a display row. You can see the section on top to hold the wood down at a perfect angle. Once he’s finished, you can see that it’s one half of the rack used to hold the wine bottles. It looks great! We have to finish all the rest.

We had already prepped the wood and you can see the individual storage racks are all completed. They are now getting ready for shipment while we continue to work on the other aspects of the cellar like the diamond bins and case storage.

We will be sure to update you as we continue to take steps to complete this wine cellar.

Take a Tour of a Glass Enclosed Wine Cellar

One can never underestimate the class and glamour of a glass-enclosed wine cellar. If you still haven’t taken the tour showcased in our video here, then we suggest you do so to fully appreciate what we’re all so excited about. What you are about to see, or have seen, is a feature of our contemporary glass enclosed wine cellar combined with all the right elements for extremely unique wine storage options.

Now all of us are well-aware of the fact that glass is one of the best if not the best medium for catching and reflecting light. As you can see from our video feature, the beauty of a glass enclosed wine cellar is amplified by custom wine cellar lighting accessories. We just love how those bottles look as if they’re bathed in ethereal light!

This particular wine cellar was put together using some of WCI’s absolute best: All Heart Redwood wine racks with Double Deep vintage view racks and some of our really unique wine cellar accessories, including a cork tasting tabletop and island which you can see adorning the very center of the wine cellar. Now cork is a natural and durable material that is harvested with minimal impact on the environment, making it an excellent choice of material.

Moreover, it lends itself to a number of style options as well and as you can see, the cork tasting tabletop here is undeniably chic. On a side note, WCI offers so many unique choices for wine cellar tabletops and countertops which you can personalize to suit the mood and theme you have in mind for your wine cellar.

Notice how rich and elegant the wine racks look and how they mesh so well with the amber-colored wine bottles? The wine racks were stained and finished in Dark Walnut, a perfect choice to bring about an authentic vintage effect. And speaking of stains and finishes, you might want to check out our Stain & Finish Review and Interactive Swatch Simulator which allows you to see up-front how your wood choice would look with certain stains and finishes.
Watching the video feature, we’re almost too sure you guys didn’t miss out on the arrangement of those wine bottles in a “staircase” fashion, right? That’s actually an ingenious piece of work we craft here at WCI and are very much proud of: our water fall rack. This one’s pretty special because our clever design consultants suggested adding individual diamond bin bottles on either side, making everything appear very artistic and of course, luxurious. Here’s something to note though: with the double deep vintage view wine racks, your storage options would be limited to around 20% of the available storage space. The video feature actually points this out, too. Nevertheless, you get an absolutely attractive layout that showcases your collection at its visual peak in exchange for that and as you can see from the finished product here, it’s not a bad bargain at all!

Let’s go now to the smaller but highly significant details of this wine cellar. Our design consultants incorporated custom cabinetry complete with the crown moldings to encase the metal racks which in effect only adds to the vintage charm of the wine cellar and highlights the dark walnut stain of the racks. Needless to say, it lends an opulent aura owing to the play of glass, light, and dark wood with the intricate moldings. Of course, let’s not forget the standard archways here which also add to the wine cellar’s classic façade.

If you can gather from the video feature, the entire wine cellar holds 539 wine bottles. Notice those solid diamond bins? These are best for bulk storage resulting to increased storage capacity for a growing collection. Last but definitely not the least, let’s give props to the client for purchasing one of the best choices for a wine refrigeration system—WineZone.

Remember our blog post featuring this wine storage unit? Better refresh yourselves because WineZone is a sure winner when it comes to maintaining the proper storage conditions for a wine cellar, helping each bottle age gracefully and bringing out the best of its flavors.

On a final note, allow us to emphasize that All-Heart Redwood is one of the top wood picks for custom wine cellars, whether residential or commercial. It lends itself easily to stains and custom finishes and wine racks and furniture crafted from this radiate natural elegance and beauty.

Here at WCI, we always tune in to your heart’s desires when it comes to designing your dream wine cellar. Get in touch with our design consultants and check out more of our gorgeous wine cellar products!