Design Innovation in Wine Cellar Cooling Units is fashionable, NOW!

More than a few of the wine cellar cooling design ideas we have been working on lately have been pushing the ordinary WINE CELLAR aesthetic to new levels. Some of them are truly brilliant. However, I am not talking about those this time.

Not so smart usage of Wine Cellar Cooling Units

For example, three recent but very different custom wine cellar cooling systems design requests from three very different parts of the USA, California, Florida & Washington State have all wanted to incorporate wine tasting areas inside the cellar. Each custom wine cellar was proposed to hold 1,000 bottles or less in a fairly large room and therefore needed wine cellar refrigeration units capable and designed to support these wine room designs.

1.  500 bottle capacity wine racking, a couch, TV, and a FIRE PLACE!
2.  800 bottle capacity wine racking with a formal dining area!
3.  1,000 bottle capacity wine racking with a wet bar and seating for twelve people!

Wine Cellar Cooling Systems Design, our thoughts…

Let’s think about this for a moment. Do you enjoy when a restaurant is so chilly you need to send your spouse to the car for your sweater? We certainly don’t! We understand wanting to be in view of your prized fine wine collection, we understand that entertaining and showing it off is part of the purpose of a wine cellar. After all you have probably spent a pretty penny getting your custom wine cellar just perfect.

Now ask yourself this. “will you also have a coat check, or just loan out parkas?” Unless you are going for a realistic Aspen slopes feel, honestly it’s just too cold to be comfortable at 55°.

Some solutions we have suggested to make these designs more practical include:

1. Custom built wine cabinets using CC (Cabinet & Closet wine Cooling units)
2. or LPQ (Low Profile-Quiet wine cellar cooling units)
3. or even adding a dual pane glass wall with a ducted HS (High Static wine cellar cooling system).

Wine Cellar Cooling Systems Design, What are the benefits?

1. The reduced cost for wine cellar refrigeration equipment will help to off-set the increased cost of building the containment features.
2. You pay for construction ONCE. You pay utilities MONTHLY.
3. What if your necessary use for the larger space changes over time? Eventually you may decide it is too cold to hang out in the cellar. You may take up a new hobby or start working from home and need to multipurpose the huge space you’ve set aside.
4. It’s time to sell your home… While having a gorgeous home wine cellar can certainly boost your property value, if it is arranged in a way the can become “dated” it may ultimately be a challenge.
5. Your wine cellar and wine collection is displayed in a way that is ideal for entertainment purposes. In other words, your wine cellar cooling system refrigerates your wine and not your guests!