Best Place to Make Home Based Wine Cellar

Home based wine cellar is not simply a storing place of wines. Rather, it should be defined as an appropriate place of your house, having an ideal atmosphere perfectly suitable for a wine cellar meant for drinking as well storing of wines.

The main objective of storing of wines is helping them in ageing for a prolonged time and to receive an optimum excellence and vigour from them. If you have a thought in mind to build a wine cellar at your home, you can choose any of your room preferably in the innermost side rooms. However the best location to develop a home wine cellar is the basement.

Choose the basement of your house a make your dream a reality and to get the maximum mileage. As a matter of fact, basement of a house is considered to be the best suitable place for a wine cellar. Let us consider the following points carefully.    

Exposure to light

We know that basements have absolutely no direct or indirect contact with sunlight. Hence, the question of exposure to sunlight does not arise and you can easily make the necessary modifications of this huge area for   suitable ventilation and making it airy. If, these two things are done successfully, you can start conversion of your large basement as an excellent wine cellar.

Temperature and Humidity factor

Basement is always most preferred because of its suitable temperature level and uncomplicated humidity condition which are absolutely perfect for a wine cellar. The greatest advantage is its less complexity to carry on these conditions in long term. You might know that the recommended temperature for a wine cellar is 55-60 degree F, while its relative humidity must be within the range of 50% to 70%. The conditions are most important that assist the corks of wine storage bottle to remain moist and   retains the storage wines unharmed and juvenile.

Cooling unit

In reaching the needful temperature criteria inside the wine room, you are supposed to arrange for a good cellar cooling unit in your basement. At the time of buying the cooling system, be careful about its specification and performance. If required, take a few suggestions from your friends or relatives. Do not compromise with the quality and features of cooling unit and always opt for a good company product with on-site services guarantee.

Lighting in basement cellar

Please keep in mind that to remain the wines lively, it is always recommended to use low-voltage lights in the cellar place. Track lighting or spot lights is a good choice as you can make their best use by pointing the beams towards different excellent collections, sculptures, racking systems as well the wine counter. In the counter put some illuminating lights for continence of working and keep all your lighting arrangement under adjustable timers as well as dimmers. Keep it minimum and no huge bright light, please.  

A suggestion  

At the time of moving wines from outside to the cool and humid basement wine place for the first time, you can take a precautionary step. Get your wines familiarize with the controller temperature surrounding. Hence, place the initial temperature nearer to the current status of the wine which should be 68 degree F. subsequently, lessen the temperature for 2 degree every alternative day. This will help your wines to make accustomed with the environment and your goal is achieved.

How to Build Wine Cellar at the Basement

We buy wines and consume it for cheering up, or for entertainment with friends and relatives. If we want to store the wine at home we have to make a wine cellar. The most convenient place for making wine cellar is the place of basement. Those who have decided to build wine cellar at their basement must go through some steps. Firstly you select the place suitable for building up of a wine cellar.

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The Steps You Should Follow

You go to a planner for making a fruitful and full proof plan. Sketch out the wine cellar. Then choose the materials for building up of the wine cellar. You should be careful about the using of the materials .Keep in mind that wines must be stored in a dark place, sunlight, heat can damage the wines another factor is humidity for protecting the wine in proper manner.

The Gradual Steps after Selecting the Place

You will have to seal a bare concrete floor with a water based sealant, by attaching moisture can be prevented from leading up through the bare concrete structure, at the same time it will be able to raise the humidity level.

Next time we should be careful about the systems of flooring it must be covered with carpets or titles
At the same time vapor barrier on the walls and floor is to be installed. Thereafter plastic sheeting measuring above 35 ml is wrapped with, over the two sides measurement may be above 6 or more than 10 feet. Here wooden studs are used.

• We have to install proper insulation system. This insulator system will have to be covered up herewith.
• We have to maintain humidity at a certain level. Atmospheric pressure has to be controlled.
• We know that green colored board is proof against the humidity, so a green colored board should be hanged in the wine cellar. Green board is attached with studs.

For cooling process, we have to buy a good cooler; by this cooler atmospheric pressure will be kept under control with the temperature. WhisperKOOL 4000 and WhisperKOOL 8000 are two very good cooling system. In the cooling process, there will not be any chemical reaction like oxidation, reduction. A hygrometer installation is must, which will monitor the fluctuation of moisture levels.

In the cooling system, the temperature has to be maintained like 55 degree F, as it is the ideal temperature for storing of wine. For the wine cellar at basement door has to be fitted. For storing the wine bottles, racks are to be bought and in it bottles can be placed horizontally.  

In the basement, tables, chairs have to be brought so that you can have your drink in a cheerful manner with friends and relatives.

Over all, we can say that we can use our house basement by building here a colorful and attractive wine cellar. Where we can store up the wine bottles, at the same time we have to keep it mind that certain factors we need to follow as light, heat, humidity  all have to be kept in a certain range other wise we shall not be able to make the wine in good condition, means it flavor, taste and quality and color.