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  • What Makes Degustazione The Perfect Wine Tasting Glass?
    By: Peter Devin | - Think of how much care you take in selecting your favorite wines. If the wine matters, then so should the glass. Introducing Degustazione.

    What makes Degustazione the perfect wine tasting glass?

    It starts with the material and artistry; mouth-blown 24% lead crystal hand-crafted by the finest Italian artisans. This creates glasses that are impeccably thin and perfectly balanced, with a rim that is barely there, ensuring optimal delivery of wine to the palate. The result ...

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  • Why You Need A Wine Bottle Refrigerator
    By: Genesis Davies | - What on earth do you need a wine bottle refrigerator for? There you go. Youve just posed a modern-day question which can be answered by proven wine-making traditions many centuries old.

    The most authentic of all family-owned wine cellars have always been underground or at least built below the earth. Stored and cooled in this dark and cool environment, bottled wine was allowed to naturally mature and age. These products carried the seal of excellent wine manufactured from genera ...

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  • Wine Bottle Fridges: Do You Really Need One?
    By: Genesis Davies | - Theres a lot of talk about wine bottle refrigerators online these days and many people are wondering what the big deal is. Do you really need a special fridge just for your wine? What if you only drink red wine? Isnt your regular fridge good enough? If youve been wondering just what is the point of all this wine fridge talk, then lets answer some of those questions and get it out there.

    Do you really need a wine bottle refrigerator? The answer is no. Not if you arent ...

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  • Wine Bottle Refrigerators: Which Size Is Best?
    By: Genesis Davies | - There is a vast array of wine bottle refrigerators available and youll find everything from tiny tabletop fridges to giant ones that practically create their own wine cellar. How do you choose which one works for you? Do you go for big, small or medium? This article will help you make a decision as to which wine fridge is best for you.

    Space is a huge consideration when choosing your wine bottle refrigerator. Obviously, if you have nowhere to put a large fridge, theres no poi ...

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  • Basic Tips On Wine Racks
    By: Taylor Martinerin | - There are many different styles and sizes when it comes to wine racks these days. It is important to have a durable rack but it should also be attractive this isn't a beer fridge we're talking about here. A good place to start is a stand alone wine rack option, its looks great and doesn't cost an arm and a leg to purchase. As long as you properly follow the temperature, humidity and light rules to storing wine you'll have a easy and enjoyable time storing and drinking your wine.

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  • Wine Cellar Cooling Units
    By: Tristan Andrews | - Building a wine cellar can create the ideal environment to store your wines. Temperature is always a major consideration in wine storage and the ideal wine storage temperature is between 55F and 58F (13C-15C), although any temperature between 40-65F (5C-18C) will suffice as long as it doesn't fluctuate too much. Ideally, the humidity should be around 70%. If you can't achieve these temperatures in your passive wine cellar then you may require a wine cellar cooling unit.

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  • Tips On Choosing Your Next Bottle Of Wine
    By: Tristan Andrews | - Tonight's the night. You've got that special dinner party with friends and you want it to be perfect. You've got the menu completed but the question is which wine will compliment the meal best? Here are some tips for choosing fine wine.

    Lighter foods need lighter wines while heartier foods need full bodied wines. For example, fish is light and thus a wine like Pinot Noir goes very nicely because it is also light.

    The way the food is prepared will also influence ...

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  • Top Tips For Proper Wine Storage
    By: Sarah Matthews | - Fred Flintstone could have been one of the lucky ones. Had the home of the world's original cartoon caveman been underground, it would have been perfectly suited to wine storage: a dark, dank cave ideal for allowing the liquid inside his precious bottles to age at exactly the right pace.


    Experts say that after heat, the next biggest cause of damage to wine is lights. Keep wine away from any extreme light sources, such as big bay windows or halogen lamps.

    But like ...

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  • Construst The Perfect Wine Cellar Or Wine Storage Room
    By: Vigilant, Inc. | - If you have a growing set of wine, it may be time to think about constructing a wine cellar. Some time ago the custom wine cellar room was unusual; today more and more wine connoisseurs are learning about wine cellar construction or contracting the work out to those who know how to do the job right.

    Wine cellars are more than a dark, cool place to store a collection of wine bottles. Todays custom wine cellar is a controlled environment where humidity and temperature are reg ...

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  • Built-in Wine Refrigerators: The Next Best Thing To A Wine Cellar
    By: Genesis Davis | - Are you one of those wine collectors who loves collecting wine just as a hobby? If that is the case, then you'll probably need a wine bottle refrigerator to store you valuable wines and keep them in the best condition possible. This is particularly true when it comes to rare or vintage wines.

    You cannot just keep your wine in an ordinary fridge, as the vibrations and light will break the wine down, reducing quality and flavor. One place where you can store these excellent wines you ...

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  • Choosing A Wine Cooler
    By: T.Submitoff | - When it comes to choosing a wine cooler, you want to consider and compare the different features available to you. First, you want to make sure you know exactly what features you need for a wine cooler in order to meet your specific individual needs. This means you need to consider the number of zones, bottle capacity and available space. Another important factor to consider in the buying decision is cost, but it shouldn't be the significant decision when choosing a wine cooler to buy. Often it ...
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  • Wine Favorites Of The Obamas
    By: Kent Campbell | - Many winemakers and wine clubs have experienced gloomy times recently as sales have taken a hit due to the down economy, especially at the high end. Indulging a dose of magical thinking, winemakers and sellers are jubilant over the election of Barack Obama to the presidency because he and his wife drink wine. Experts believe winemakers and sellers have misguided hopes that their personal consumption will somehow boost sales for several reasons. This article looks at whether the popularity of Pre ...
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  • Australian Wine Clubs For Avid Wine Lovers All Across The World
    By: Ian Love | - Are you in possession of a wine bottle that bears the crest of a distinguished Australian wine club? If yes, then you are really lucky to have a superior wine quality amidst your collection.

    Australian wine clubs are one of the most illustrious and reputable clubs in the world. Only superior and top quality wines are really allowed to bear the Australian crest. Although wine drinking is a relatively new concept in the continent, the great bloom of wine industry is the actual reas ...

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  • Wine Storage: From The Rack To The Wine Cellar
    By: Eddie Lamb | - Fans of wine are willing to spend big money on a unique or special vintage and some bottles have even sold for thousands of dollars. But proper storage is important to wine whether it cost two figures or five. Unless you plan to drink an entire bottle of wine in one sitting, you must store it properly, or you will end up with an expensive bottle of vinegar.

    A Wine Cellar

    If you happen to have a cool basement under your house or could dig one out, you could have ...

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  • Build A Modular Wooden Wine Rack With A Do-it-yourself Method
    By: Eddie Lamb | - For those wishing to build a home wine cellar, the modular wooden wine rack is an ideal solution because it will include everything that is needed for the home wine cellar as well as for walk-in wine rooms. There are a number of do-it-yourself possibilities when choosing to go in for a modular wooden wine rack. Building one's own modular wooden wine rack means that there is no need to anchor the wine rack to the wall or floor and they can be free standing thus enabling them to be placed anywhere ...
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  • From My Perspective – The 1st Annual Wine Cellar Shootout « The Wine Cellar VA Blog Shared By: winecellarva - From my perspective, the first ever Wine Shoot-out at the Wine Cellar was a roaring success! Everyone who attended was in a fine mood, wanting to be...

  • New Wine In Old Vessels - TIME Shared By: GrapeAndVine - The cellar at Domaine de Lauzières in Provence Nestled among rolling hills and olive groves once painted by Van Gogh, Domaine de Lauzières appears to...

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  • Free Mini Wine Fridge Shared By: FreeListDC - Danby Silhouette 30-Bottle Wine Cellar with Dual Temperature Zones - Black, with stainless steel/glass door. This fridge stopped cooling, so we...

  • drink more wine: Zanie Zinfandel Shared By: Zinfandelity - Usually at this point I take the bottle and put it in the cellar and thank the person who brought it and move on to what I had planned to serve.

  • Burgundy Wine Importer - P. Comms Int'l Shared By: GMacOnWine - Wine comes directly from the private cellars Steve eliminates all the other middlemen...

  • Australian Wine Review: Head Wines The Blonde Shiraz Viognier 2008 Shared By: WineReviewsNews - International Wine Reviews from a very opinionated Australian. This site is a collection of views, gripes and musings about all things vinous. Head...

  • Alta Woodcrafts Shared By: JOESANTAMARIA - Think of the impression your party guests will experience when you invite them to visit your custom wine cellar and pick out the varietal and vintage...


  • Tips On Installing A Wine Cellar
    By: Wine Cellar | - Ask any wine addicted person and he will tell you how important right storage is for a wine collection. Wine requires to age but it requires to age well also. If it isnt aged at the appropriate humidity levels, light levels and temperatures, it could be destroyed. People prefer to cook with acetic acid but they do not like to consume it. Any common outworker can open a wine store in a basement or room but it is essential to get a skilled wine underground room planner to do it correctly. ...
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  • A Modern Wine Rack For Your Contemporary Living Room
    By: Eddie Lamb | - A classic wine rack would always look very beautiful if you have a classic living room. This type of wine rack is very famous, actually. You can find a classic wine rack on almost all wine accessory websites. But what happens when you have a contemporary living room, where everything there is all modern looking, such as glass living hall cabinet with Plasma TV, a wireless home theatre system, and an electronic fireplace?

    This is where some modern wine rack manufacturers have take ...

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  • Up Market Drinking: Visiting A Wine Bar
    By: Eddie Lamb | - Many people are starting to cultivate a taste for wine. But it is not practical to go buy a hundred bottles if you just want a sip of each. So the wine bar has become a hangout to meet friends, socialize, and exercise the vino palette.

    If a bar is a good place for watching several football games at once, riding a mechanical bull, or meeting Hell's Angels, it is probably not going to be a stellar wine bar. They might not even have any wine! So seek out a specialty wine bar if ...

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  • Finding A Suitable Wine Rack
    By: Eddie Lamb | - There are many types of a wine racks to choose from, and the debate today is basically in regards to which one is better among the two most basic specifications, which are metal and wood. Both the metal wine racks as well as the wooden racks have a number of benefits and disadvantages, and these should all be taken into consideration before you make your decision.

    The Wooden Wine Rack Vs the Metal Wine Rack

    The best advantage of a wooden wine rack lies primarily in ...

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  • What You Should Know About An Expandable Wooden Wine Rack
    By: Eddie Lamb | - If you are looking to save even more space in your kitchen, dining room, or pantry, an expandable wooden wine rack might be a good option for you. Many wine racks are made out of metals and are not at all convertible; meaning that they can not be folded up, folded out or easily put away to make room for something else.

    Having an expandable wooden wine rack means that you can store as few or as many wine bottles as your heart desires without having to either store extra bottles e ...

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  • Homemade Wine Making Kits: Start A New Hobby With Ease
    By: Eddie Lamb | - Lucille Ball helped to comically bring images of the painstaking process of wine making to millions of people in her immortal episode of I Love Lucy. As viewers watched her stomp grapes in huge vats, wine making was portrayed as a labor intensive process stretching back generations, something certainly not to be taken lightly, despite her attempts to make it humorous.

    Modern Convenience

    Fortunately for modern wine enthusiasts, the process of making home made wine d ...

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  • Information About Wine Cellar Racks And Attachments
    By: james dickisonn | - A wine cellar rack allows any wine enthusiast to achieve a professional wine cellar in the comfort of their own home. Normally, wine cellar racks are wall mounted, although they can be stacked as well. They range in size, and can hold anywhere from 10 - 300 bottles of wine. Depending on your needs and how many bottles you have to store, youll want to choose accordingly.

    One of the best things about wine cellar racks is the fact that are customizable. You can fit them to ...

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  • What Goes Into Purchasing The Perfect Wine Cellar?
    By: KC Kudra | - When it comes to what the phrase "wine cellar," one can often imagine European grandeur and luxury. We are all aware that most private villas in Europe pride themselves on their extensive, fully stocked, gorgeous wine cellars. In addition, most fine restaurants also brag about the elaborate methods they utilize for keeping expensive wines in top-notch shape.

    With all of this focus on wine cellars, it can be a bit daunting to the average person, but a true wine lover can envision t ...

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  • Wine Racks - More Than Just Wine Storage
    By: Corbin Newlyn | - Those who enjoy the celebrated hobby and the collection of wine and are generally passionate about having a wonderful assortment of wines around them so that they can enjoy it at any time. Also, wine lovers find it a pleasure to be able to share their unique discoveries of wines and would like to have some additional quantity of bottles available to be able to share at their next meal or to serve dessert wines. An important aspect of maintaining a collection of quality wines is to make certain t ...
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  • Wooden Wine Rack Expresses Warmth As Well As Beauty
    By: Corbin Newlyn | - For those who just love all facets of fine wines, relishing marvelous dessert wines is an experience that calls for all of the senses, a full sensory adventure. This is one of the reasons why so many wine connoisseurs have a tendency to select a wooden wine rack to house their important collection of exceptional wines due to the beauty, warmth and function that wood offers.

    Strength and Durability

    Fine woods are inviting to the eye with their grains and textures and ...

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  • Wine Cabinets Store Vintage Potables
    By: Mitch Endick | - Gone are the days of the old dusty, sometimes musty basement wine cellar. Gone is the need to rely solely on the ambient conditions downstairs. Today, wine cabinets have replaced the venerable cellar.

    Like hi tech wine cellars, wine cabinets feature clean lines, energy efficiency and modern temperature controls. With exterior cabinet designs that range from the modern to the classical, wines cabinets and home bars are available that will blend in to almost any decorating scheme. ...

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  • Wine Cellar - Guide To Wine Cellars
    By: georgec | - Wine cellar is a storage room for keeping wine in bottles or barrels. It can even be stored in plastic containers or in carboys. Normally wine cellars will be located underground. The purpose of wine cellar is to protect wine from damaging by providing it the required darkness and constant temperature. By nature, wine is a highly perishable food product. Over exposure to light, heat and temperature variations will spoil all types of wine.

    The ideal temperature for the wine ...

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  • Great Tips On How To Store Wine For Beginners
    By: jonespr | - Wine storing has always been an overlooked issue with armature wine enthusiasts, maybe not as much because they don't care, but basically it can be quite expensive. You don't need a wine basement, but you may need some of the conditions which a wine cellar has to store the wine for best effect.
    For optimal ageing potential, wines must be stored under ideal conditions, here I will try to mention some of the important factors to store wine in.
    Wine should always be kept in ...

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  • Wine Cellar Tips
    By: Calida Sevier | - For thousands of years, men and women have enjoyed drinking wine. Today, the love of wine has evolved to the point where discerning individuals purchase and collect their favorite vintages. In a proper wine cellar, these collections become richer in both flavor and value.

    Some wines are meant to be opened and enjoyed immediately. Others should be carefully stored and allowed to flourish over time. These wines will take months, or even years, to reach maturity. To collect and ...

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  • Wine Cellar Cooling Units
    By: Alison Stevens | - Building a wine cellar can create the ideal environment to store your wines. Temperature is always a major consideration in wine storage and the ideal wine storage temperature is between 55F and 58F (13C15C), although any temperature between 4065F (518C) will suffice as long as it doesn't fluctuate too much. Ideally, the humidity should be around 70%. If you can't achieve these temperatures in your passive wine cellar then you may require a wine cellar cooling uni ...
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  • How To Build Your Own Wine Cellar
    By: Jim Roberts | - What does a wine cellar do? Think before you answer, because you need to be absolutely certain of the purpose of a wine cellar before you begin to build a wine cellar of your own. Increasingly, given the rising number of wine aficionados around the world, a residential wine cellar is gaining ground as a status symbol for both the mature connoisseur as well as the entry-level enthusiast, but its utility extends far beyond that.

    Essentially, a wine cellar is a storage space that pro ...

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  • Using Wine Racks In The Wine Cellar
    By: DMF | - Consider the space you have to work with, the size and weight of the unit and make sure to add the additional weight for the wine which averages about 3 pounds per bottle. When building a new home the best time to think or install a wine cellar would be when the home is being built, make sure the specs include such things as a cooling system, shelving and storage, if you live in an existing house find a space and make sure you plan it out well.

    The degree and the speed of the tem ...

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  • Building Wine Racks To Safely Store Your Wine
    By: Gert Gambell | - Some people run the other direction when it comes to woodwork. Fortunately, when it comes to building wine racks, you don't have to feel so intimidated. This type of woodwork is probably one of the easiest jobs out there. You don't have to have any experience for building wine racks, but if you are good at woodwork, you can make additions on yours. If you are new to woodwork, building wine racks is a great place to start.

    Steps to Building Wine Racks

    If you have exp ...

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  • Taste Your Way To An Affordable, Well-stocked Wine Cellar
    By: Randy Gilbert | - Does the phrase "wine collector" conjure up an image of a millionaire living in a large home with a temperature-controlled room dedicated to holding fine wines?

    It shouldn't. If you buy wine, you are a wine collector.

    First off, you don't have to have a special room dedicated to storing your wine. As long as you keep your stash in a quiet, dark, coolish place where bottles can lay on their sides, you have a wine cellar. It could be under the bed, on the closet ...

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  • Finding Great Wine Stores And Wine Storage Ideas
    By: George Wood | - There are many ways wine can be stored in a house. You can buy wine racks, have them custom-made to suit your needs, or you can even build a wine cellar for storing wine. Adopting one of these options depends on the amount of wine you have that needs to be stored. If you have a large, sizable collection of wine bottles from all over the world, you might consider building a wine cellar. If, however, you enjoy just a few bottles at a time then simple wine racks will serve the purpose.


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  • The Ideal Wine Cellar: Everything You Need To Get Started
    By: Jason Connors | - So you've decided to take a large step, and move from wine lover to wine connoisseur. You are going to buy a wine cellar. This guide will give you all the information you need to make this purchase.

    Wine Bottle Storage

    The ideal location for storing wine is a dark, draftless area that stays at a constant 50-60 degrees, with 60-70 percent humidity. The bottles should be kept on their sides to keep the corks moist, and should be exposed to limited vibrations. This wil ...

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  • Why You Should Use A Wine Rack
    By: Fraser Neilson | - There are several ways that you can store wine but without doubt the best and easiest for most people is in a wine rack. It's the best way to ensure that your wine is safe when stored even for a short period of time. Of course you must always ensure that your stored wine has the right conditions in order to mature properly, and these include the right temperature, light condition, humidity, and movement.

    Remember the most important factor when choosing a wine rack : you need one ...

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  • Why Are Wine Cellars Beneficial?
    By: Julia Martinez | - Drinking wine is not only for occasions as we all know. What happens when you feel like drinking wine and it is not available? You have a surprise visitor and you want to have this wine but it is not on the market? These situations would be less tough if you have a wine cellar.

    A wine cellar could store the wines you have and keep them more delicious as time passes by.

    Is having a wine cellar not expensive?

    Like any other home equipment, you need of c ...

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  • How To Manage A Wine Cellar Succesfully
    By: Burt Cotton | - If you own a wine club or are an avid wine collector, then it's a must that you know the different aspects and benefits of a wine cellar. So read this article and study the meaning and various management aspects of a wine cellar.

    Basically, a wine cellar is a kind of storage room or storage lot for wines in barrels or bottles. The wines could also be plastic containers, amphoras and carboys. The cellars are generally and prominently situated completely underground. These also have ...

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