Building a Passive Wine Cellar

A cellar may be humble or grand, large or small. But if it is to qualify for name, it must achieve three things. It should be dark, it should be free of vibration and, above all else, and it should reduce both daily and seasonal temperature variations to a minimum. Ideal Cellar Conditions The siting, or placement, of your wine cellar within your home is your first major decision. There are four components of ideal …

…you can collect wines in such a way that the appreciation on what you sell or trade will cover much of the cost of the wine you drink. The older, the rarer, the more exquisite, the more it demands to be drunk. There is no greater pleasure than sharing a bottle of wine with one's friend. "Wine is not like a postage stamp, frozen in a time warp on the pages of an album" (Halliday 9).