Top 5 Wine Cellar Construction Tips

“Constructing a wine cellar is not a tough job, but you need to understand the basic necessities of it. A wine cellar can be built anywhere in the house if you maintain certain important considerations such as cooling, humidity and insulation.”

A common quandary that comes into the mind of beginner wine collectors is, whether they can create cellars anywhere in the house. The answer is yes, but it comes with a price. The place you choose to construct your wine cellar directly impacts on the price of maintaining the cellar. Two most important factors are required for wine cellars are coolness and humidity. The ideal temperature and humidity are 55 degree F and 55-77% respectively. Other important factors are heat gain calculation for the wine cellars, and surrounding environment. For example, if the surrounding environment is too dry, you need to introduce your humidifier more frequently.

So, whether you live in a big country estate or city apartment, you can always enliven with your hobby if you construct your wine cellar design properly. Here are some tips that will give you fair idea of wine cellar design and essentials.

• Find your location 

The fundamental part is to determine your location where you want to construct your location. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a basement or big room for construction. When you have a limitation, you can think what you have in your resource. A place such as garage or a corner of a room with no direct sunlight is perfect for your cellar.

• While choosing a cellar, you need to understand the fundamental of construction.
• The temperature should be around 55 degree Fahrenheit. A slight up and down is okay, but remember to keep the temperature pretty much consistent.
• You cellar is either located in a natural humid place or you need to install a humidifier that must be in between 55-70 percent. Above 70 percent humidity can cause mildew in the cork and ruin your expensive wine. On the other hand, a low humidity can cause a cork to dry out lead to spoiling the wine.
• You shouldn’t create a cluttered wine cellar, especially if you are building it in a room, so create a wine cellar design that will accommodate well all your cellar furniture.

• The next important step is to do proper insulation and framing. Concrete walls are no good, especially if those are not framed appropriately. Also, take care of your ceiling where insulation is low. You can use a spray foam insulation, which acts as insulator and a vapor barrier.

• Install a good wine cooling unit is important. Wine cooling units are not regular air-conditioning unit, but these also act to remove excess moisture from the cellar.

• Wine cellars in your prized possession, so they must also need to look cool. So, styling of light is significant as it gives an aesthetic sensibility to your hobby. People use regular incandescent and halogen bulbs, which emit lots of heat. Instead, you can use LED to make it more gorgeous and less heat emission.

• One of the most overlooked aspects of wine cellar designs is door. Doors should be properly insulated and attractive. It is the entryway where people can view the full space of your racks. You need to create a doorway seal, for example, if you want to construct a glass door, it must be dual paned.

Author’s Bio: Brad Greenwald is an interior designer, specialized in wine cellar designs. He is also a wine connoisseur who has been in this business for 25 long years. He writes about many articles on wines, wine cellars and other aspects of this wonderful hobby.