Spectacular places to store wine

Thanks to new technology and sophisticated design, innovative new wine storage solutions are popping up — and down — everywhere.

Historically, wine cellars have been buried beneath a vineyard’s water bed to ensure sufficient moisture and cool temperatures.

But thanks to new technology and sophisticated architecture, modern cellars can mimic Mother Nature almost anywhere.
Whether high on a hilltop or built into a bunker, beautiful wine storage solutions can now be found in some surprising places.
“Today, putting a wine cellar in your 33rd-floor apartment is just as easy as in an underground cellar,” says James Molesworth, senior editor of Wine Spectator.
Molesworth points to Château Cheval Blanc, in Bordeaux, as an exemplary above-ground wine cellar.
“For me the key is combining both visual eye candy with actual practicality and efficiency,” says Molesworth.


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