| Building a home wine cellar can be a lot of fun, | | | | with individual storage units. Those are good if you |
| and can even increase the value of your property. | | | | like to purchase just a few bottles at a time. |
| But since everybody has different habits and | | | | Another important thing to consider when you |
| taste when it comes to wine cellar designs, you | | | | plan your wine cellar design is the type of bottle |
| need to think about what you are going to use | | | | do you buy: do you buy the standard type |
| your wine cellar for. Is it going to be for | | | | (Burgundy or the Bordeaux) or do you buy bigger |
| entertainment purposes, are you going to come | | | | bottles like Magnums and Jeroboams. All of those |
| down to your wine cellar and taste wine, or will | | | | type wine bottles make a difference when |
| you just sneak in and take a bottle? | | | | choosing between wine cellar designs for your |
| All of these things are something you need to | | | | house. |
| consider when choosing the best wine cellar | | | | The biggest difference in wine cellar designs is to |
| design for your wine cellar. | | | | decide if you want to take more functional |
| The first step would be to think about how to | | | | approach to your wine cellar, or would you like to |
| you purchase your wine. Do you buy individual or | | | | use that space to entertain guests. In both cases |
| just a few wine bottles at the time, or do you | | | | you need a certain amount of space for your |
| buy cases. If you like cases, you may want to | | | | home wine cellar. If you want to have just a |
| include in your wine cellar design storage units like | | | | functional wine cellar you you'll need at least 3.5 |
| diamond bins – these hold up to 12 bottles and | | | | feet on one wall to be able to have the depth to |
| possible more. You can choose rectangular bins, or | | | | include refrigeration and racking, and to have the |
| diamond cubes...all those are examples of multiple | | | | ability to walk in and get a bottle. For entertaining |
| bottle storage. | | | | purposes, you'll need a much larger wine cellar and |
| Some people like the traditional wine cellar designs | | | | a different wine cellar design. |