Posted in Cellar Design, Cooling Systems, FAQ, Wine Cellar Construction on Apr 7th, 2010
We encourage our customers to bring their wine storage ideas to us so that we may assist with the design and implementation of their wine room. These designs come to us in a variety of ways and with varying levels of detail. Some clients send their entire residential or commercial floorplans with the wine cellar [...]
Posted in Cooling Systems on Nov 20th, 2009
Wine cellar cooling units often describe the “RH”, or Relative Humidity, that their products will maintain inside of a wine cellar. Relative Humidity is an often misunderstood concept, along its counterpart Absolute Humidity (AH). According to Wikipedia, Absolute Humidity can be described thusly: Absolute humidity is the quantity of water in a particular volume of [...]
Posted in Cellar Design, Cooling Systems, FAQ, Wine Cellar Construction on Nov 4th, 2009
Once winter sets in and the cold surrounds us we tend to forget that our wines still need our attention. Here are five tips for keeping your precious wine safe during the winter months: 1. Perhaps the most overlooked element in a wine cellar is the humidity. This is a huge problem in the winter [...]
Posted in Cellar Design, Cooling Systems, Wine Cellar Construction on Jul 20th, 2009
When it comes to cooling wine, we often get questions from customers that are in various stages of development in their wine cellar. One of the biggest challenges in creating a successful wine storage room is sealing off the space entirely from its surroundings. Sealing off a room entirely means taking in to account every [...]
Posted in Cooling Systems, Wine Cellar Construction on Jun 17th, 2009
One of the fastest growing areas of our business pertains to the cooling of wine. Nearly every wine cellar we design and sell includes some type of strategy for cooling. In the olden days (5-10 years ago), wine cellar cooling units looked and acted like World War II army surplus. All ugly exteriors and bulky [...]
Posted in Cellar Design, Cooling Systems, FAQ, Wine Cellar Construction, Wine Cellar Sales, Wine Racks on Sep 8th, 2008
Many people who have made their home in the Western United States have learned to live with the many challenges that this climate creates. Here in Utah we have learned to live with the state’s quirky wine & liquor laws; not to mention the bears, snakes, bad drivers and of course a very dry climate. [...]
Posted in Cellar Design, Cooling Systems, FAQ, Wine Cellar Construction, Wine Racks on May 30th, 2008
Some of the most common questions I receive are regarding humidity. How do I maintain the humidity in my cellar? How do I increase the humidity in my cellar? Our location in northern Utah is consistently less humid than the Sahara Desert. This allows us to have the lightest, fluffiest and most incredible powder snow [...]
Posted in Cellar Design, Cooling Systems, Wine Cellar Construction, Wine Racks on Apr 15th, 2008
What in the world is a wine cellar door? Perhaps the best way to answer this question is with an illustration of what a wine cellar is. As I discussed in my last post, an active wine cellar is a room that is created to be a refrigerator for lack of a better word. The [...]
Posted in Cellar Design, Cooling Systems, Wine Cellar Construction on Feb 20th, 2008
If you are asking this question the answer is probably yes. There are basically two different types of wine cellars. The first type is a passive cellar (This is every vino lovers dream). Walking down into the basement of your home and entering a cave like environment with torches lighting your way down a dark [...]