New Customized Wine Rooms allow Wine Lovers to Curate and Enjoy their Favorite Wine’s - in the Leisure of their Own Private Residences
One of the pleasures of learning about wine is curating a wine collection that is personalized to your taste then pleasurably savoring it in the environment of your choosing.
Wine rooms and cellars add a special allure and luxury to your home. Now more than ever, homeowners and homebuyers want personalized wine rooms in their new custom residences. Wine rooms in homes come in many shapes and sizes. Designs range from sleek modern styles with glass and metal design elements to more traditional wine cellars - that are made of several different types of natural woods. Rich mahogany wood is the most desirable and popular for traditional wine cellars.
Wine Rooms and Cellars in New Homes
Different types of wine rooms include - Wine Vault Rooms, Modern Wine Rooms, Custom Wine Cellars, and even Wine Refrigerators for those who are just getting started curating their wines. Some wine refrigerators are now being included and built at the end of kitchen islands.
Design options for wine rooms in custom homes are limitless. Some design ideas include - a residential tasting room, grand entrance to your wine room, ambient and backlit lighting, a storage vault, mahogany wine racks, crown moldings, utilizing natural materials like granite, marble, stone, and quartz, a rolling ladder system - so your entire collection is at your fingertips, wine room artwork, custom cooling units, wall-mounted space-saving storage, stemware racks for wine glasses, tasting tables and custom stemware and dishware - some with a family logo or crest. See Dahlgren - Duck & Associates for custom wine and stemware.
Explore the stories, histories, and the people behind your favorite bottles of wine - along with deepening your knowledge and cultivating your passion for wine.
Whether you’re a sommelier or a wine lover, you'll enjoy curating, storing, and sipping your favorite wine selections in the luxury of your own home.
Storing Wines in Your Wine Room
Choosing and buying wines is only half of the process, they also need to be stored properly so they increase in quality and value. Wines can last for decades and even centuries when stored correctly.
Below are 5 Tips for Storing Wine at Home Correctly. They are:
Storing Wine - at the proper temperature is the most important detail. 55 degrees is a good average but some wines may vary.
Store Wine - horizontally for bottles with corks. The cork needs to stay moist. It also provides maximum space and easy access in your wine room or cellar.
Protect Wine - from light and vibrations in your home. Vibrations like loud stereos and the washers and dryers in laundry rooms can cause disruptions in the sediments in the bottle - and can cause the wine not to age favorably.
Store Wine - at the proper Humidity. In general, your wine room or wine cellar should be between 60-68% humidity.
Open Wine - and store it correctly. Stored wine can last 3-5 days. Cork it immediately after enjoying a glass or two - by covering the cork with a little wax paper and it will slide into the bottle snuggly. Be sure and serve your wine at the right temperature. This ensures the full expression of the wine and its aroma.
Red wine should be chilled slightly below room temperature - between 58-65 degrees Fahrenheit.
White wines should be chilled cooler between 45-55 degrees Fahrenheit.
Champagne should be served the coldest of all - between 38-45 degrees Fahrenheit.
Wine Pairings with Food
Wine pairing with food invites a large spectrum of approaches. At one end is “I drink what I like and eat what I like”. The other end is a search for the ultimate pairing, where every nuance of vintage, flavor, body, acidity, tannin, and oak treatment is scrutinized versus the weight, acidity, and flavor of the meal. Learn to pair wines and foods with confidence - plus exploring the world of wine can be fun and an entertaining discovery process. Drinking the wine that you like - is the first step to becoming a wine expert.
Dallas Home Builder Alford Homes Designs and Builds Wine Rooms in their New Custom Homes.
Alford Homes is a Dallas builder that constructs personalized wine rooms in their new luxury homes. Their specialty wine rooms are designed to homebuyers' preferences and tastes. Alford Homes can build either - a modern wine room with glass and metal finishes or if the customer prefers woods - a wine room or wine cellar can be built using mahogany, oak, or various types of natural woods. The wine rooms can be built with specialty details like back-lit and mood lighting and some even have an attached wine tasting room with glass stemware, and specific storage areas for bottle openers, decanters, and carafes along with and other items.
The important specifications for Alford Homes wine rooms include:
Alford Homes utilizes a self-contained system - that's designated specifically for the wine room
Constructing with closed-cell insulation and specialty sheetrock materials - help contain moisture in the room
Alford Homes installs dual controls - for the home buyers temperature and humidity preferences
Many wine rooms have LED back-lit panels for lighting along with black OYNX slabs
Floors in wine rooms - are typically wood engineered floors but they can also be tile or slabs
Storage for wine is one or the other or a combination of all: Bottles, Liters, Boxes
Alford Homes is Dallas’ finest custom home builder with 40 years of experience. The residential contractor builds new custom homes in University Park and Highland Park in the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, Old Preston Hollow, and other prestigious areas throughout Dallas, Texas. For more information on Dallas custom builder Alford Homes, please visit AlfordHomes.com or call the Alford Homes office at 972-429-1074 to schedule a private consultation with the owner of Alford Homes, professional home builder Greg Alford.
Note - all wine room photos are of Alford Homes’ residences that are located in Dallas, Texas.
