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A Trend in Wine Storage: Secure Wine Lockers for Club Members

In 2010, the Summit Club and the Palmetto Club of Columbia, South Carolina, merged their exclusive downtown establishments into one social and dining club for the Columbia business community. In the process, they doubled the square footage of their facilities. Keeping in mind the suggestions of members, the new Palmetto Club wanted to provide locked …

Vigilant Goes to Disney World

When developers of the Golden Oak community at Disney World resort envisioned their private neighborhood of luxury homes, they pictured a recreation clubhouse right in the center. The clubhouse was designed to be a place where owners, families and guests could gather and enjoy various amenities that included a private dining area with wine storage. …

Passions for Wine and the West Inspire This Custom Pennsylvania Wine Cellar

In the eastern Pennsylvania town of Bethlehem, Vigilant Inc. created this picture-perfect custom wine cellar in a sprawling, western-ranch style home. The wood and stone accents used throughout the house were integrated into the spacious wine cellar, including a slightly vaulted wooden ceiling and custom stonework on the walls and columns. The wine cellar has …

Wine — Cooked or Corked, It’s All Bad!

1. corked 2. cooked 3. oxidized 4. sulphur 5. sediments 6. refermentation Even with modern winemaking, wine storage, wine cellars and shipping technology about five percent of all wines arrive at the table bad to some degree. Here are some tips about how to spot them. 1. CORKING It all begins with a cork… Even …

Vigilant’s Wine Storage Tip: Wine Temperature

Why is controlling wine storage temperature important? Maintaining a constant, cool temperature is the best way to preserve your wine collection. Avoid temperatures over 70 degrees Fahrenheit, as that will age wine too rapidly. Also stay away from drastic changes in temperature. The rapid change from heat to air conditioning will force a wine cork …

Vigilant’s Wine Storage Tip: Lighting

What kind of lighting should I use in my wine cellar? Lighting is an essential component to any home wine cellar design. After all, you want to be able to view your wine inventory easily. You certainly don’t want a prized bottle languishing in the corner of your cellar past its prime. You’ll also want …

Small Wine Cellar Storage

A wine cellar does not need to be large or even medium sized to properly store wine. A small wine cellar sometimes referred to as a closet wine cellar or under the stairway wine cellar can mean as much to your goals to preserve your wine as the bigger wine cellars and wine rooms. Why …

Building Wine Racks

There are many varying opinions about how to best build a wine rack for your home. First, you need to answer the question, why are you building a wine rack? The answer to this question will lead to others and before long, you will have a plan of attack for your wine rack build. A …

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