Points to Consider When Buying a Custom Wine Cellar (Design below by Kathleen Valentini) Building a custom wine cellar used to be the...

I had the pleasure of working on a couple of William Lyon Developments in Orange County designing, building and installing their wine...

On storing wine: Keep the temperature constant. For proper aging of wine, refrigeration is a MUST in most parts of the world; even a below-ground cellar is not cool enough! Please do not store your wine in a "wine jail", on your counter or in any room that reaches over 70°F as the wine begins to oxidize. An ideal temperature for storing a ALL wine collection is 55°F (12.2°C). Letting the temperature drop below 55°F won't hurt the wine; it'll only slow down the aging process.