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Elegant Combination of Wine Racks in a Manhattan Beach Los Angeles Wine Cabinet

Overview of the Manhattan Beach Los Angeles Wine Cabinet Project

Coastal Custom Wine Cellars, one of the most trusted wine cellar builders in California, recently completed a custom wine cabinet for a client in Manhattan Beach Los Angeles. The wine cabinet is located at the house’s dining area.

Manhattan Beach Los Angeles Wine Cabinet Design

The wine cellar features elegant wine racking styles, glass wine cellar doors, and a wine cellar climate control system. The dimensions of this wine cabinet include a width of 15 feet and height of 9 feet. The total storage capacity is 840 wine bottles.

Width: 15’

Height: 9’

Bottle Capacity: 840 wine bottles

The challenge with this project was the limited space of the wine room, particularly its depth. This could have caused difficulty in accessing the wine bottles at the left and right sides of the cabinet.

Custom Wine Cabinet – Manhattan Project by Coastal

To address this problem, the Coastal team added a pair of Barolo glass wine cellar doors. The doors filled the whole length (128 inches) of the openings, which made bottle access on both sides easier.

This custom wine cabinet project is part of a large renovation that the owners were working on. The conversation and planning with Coastal started last July 2014, and construction began last October. They completed the construction one week before Christmas.

Merging Different Wine Racking Styles

The main feature of this custom wine cabinet display and storage facility is the wine racking style. Different types of wine racks were put together to create an efficient, elegant, and maximized wine storage space.

The wine racks are made of Premium Redwood, one of the most in demand wood species in the wine racking industry. They were finished with a Chestnut wood stain, which enhances the natural beauty of Premium Redwood and blends well with the fixture in the dining room.

Striking Custom Wine Racks

A remarkable combination of wine racking styles were used to maximize the storage space and create an elegant look for the wine cabinet display. The wine racks used are:

Single bottle storage cubicles
Diamond bins
Wood case bins
Label forward horizontal displays
A high reveal display row with LED lighting
A display cabinet for 3L bottles

The Barolo Style Glass Wine Cellar Doors

The Barolo style glass wine cellar door is a dual-pane glass wine cellar entryway with Q-Lon weather stripping and a concealed door bottom. With these features, the room is kept tightly sealed, cool air is prevented from escaping, and more energy is conserved.

Barolo Glass Wine Cellar Doors

The Barolo glass wine cellar doors were finished with a Chestnut wood stain, which enhances the color of the wood. In between the two glass wine cellar doors is a fixed window, where a label forward wine cabinet display is visible. This part of the wine cabinet is intended for storing 3-liter wine bottles.

The Wine Cellar Climate Control System

The Manhattan Beach Los Angeles wine cabinet includes a wine cellar climate control system. The Coastal team installed a ductless split wine cellar cooling unit from Arctic Metalworks, one of the best wine cellar cooling unit providers in California.

It is important for any wine storage facility to have a wine cellar climate control system installed. It provides and maintains the ideal temperature and humidity needed to promote the proper aging of wines.

Coastal recommended the ductless split wine cellar cooling unit because of its versatility and efficiency. With this type of cooling unit, the condenser, which is the noisiest part of the cooling system, is installed away from the wine room. How can this be an advantage?

Wine Cellar Climate Control System

Wine aging can be affected by vibration. It is best to keep wines away from possible sources of noise, movement and vibration, to allow for the natural aging process of wine.

For this wine cellar, the condenser was installed in the garage, while the evaporator was installed inside the wine cabinet. A custom designed louvered grill was used to cover the evaporator unit, and to keep any mechanical parts out of sight. A line set with copper tubing and electrical wiring was used to connect the condenser and the evaporator.

If the condenser is installed outdoors, it is always recommended to cover it with exterior housing, to prevent damage by harmful environmental elements.

About the Wine Cellar Builder

Coastal Custom Wine Cellars is a wine cellar expert with more than 10 years of experience. They offer services in California, New Jersey, Maryland, and the surrounding states.

Coastal Custom Wine Cellars also offers custom wine racks, wine cellar doors, wine cellar cooling units and wine cellar accessories, available for retail and/or installation.

Coastal provides design consultation services and 3D wine cellar design, all for free. If you have a wine cellar project at home or in a commercial setting, just contact Coastal Custom Wine Cellars.

Beverly Hills Wine Cellar Installations Los Angeles Designs

Beverly Hills Wine Cellar Installations Los Angeles Designs – A Processed Video Transcription

Beverly Hills Wine Cellar Installations Los Angeles Designs .

Hi!

Thank you for visiting Coastal Custom Wine Cellars.

We’ll take you on a short video tour on a project that we recently completed in Beverly Hills.

Now, you might be wondering how in the world we created a wine cellar from this very, very broad canvas, and unfinished area of the home.

This is a photograph that I took the very first day I visited with Catherine Lampson.

Catherine is the interior designer who I worked with and partnered with to complete this project for the home wine cellar design Los Angeles.

We discussed many things such as bottle capacity, some wine cellar design features, some colors, glass walls versus fixed walls.

We had come up with a good plan and eventually get to these 3D visuals; but I want to take you through some of the photographs.

So, once we decided on a few of these key features, we got to working. We completed the walls so that indeed we had a little bit more of a framework to work within and to install in.

As you can see the back walls are now completed. It’s been sealed, insulated, and a moisture-proof drywall has been applied and as you can see the line set and electrical has been installed.

The line set is the wine cellar refrigeration lines and condensate drain lines that are needed for the split refrigeration system.

In this case, we used a dual air wine cellar refrigeration product by Arctic Metalworks of Los Angeles.

There’s also an opening for electrical so we dedicated 20m circuit to run through your compressors and your condensers and such.

We made quite a bit of progress over the weeks and as you can see, the finished product is quite a beautiful work.

Catherine and her team took care of the flooring, Coastal Wine Cellars provide the wine rack design for the custom wine racks, the refrigeration by Arctic Metalworks and we have a seamless glass wall and entry, which was provided by our friends at Glass and Door Design of Los Angeles.

We’re really happy with the result of this wine cellar design Los Angeles project and here’s a little bit more completed or finished room appearance with some furniture in it.

We created a complimentary three-dimensional design package for Catherine and her home owners to take a look at. This gives you a great visual of how the completed project is going to appear.

The total bottle capacities of the wine rack design are posted on the top right of this page which is referred to as the plan view because it’s an overhead view of the wine room.

The entries there at the bottom of the page just below the letter A. The letter A indicates elevation A, and of course, dimensions are posted around the perimeter as well.

So, let’s take a look at some of these wine cellar design features that were included in it that you saw in the photographs.

We’ll start from the bottom.

Here on the far left and at the far right you will see some icons that represent wood cases.

Those were the openings that we took a look at earlier for bulk storage.

But indeed you can put wood cases in there or simply just about anything you like actually.

All these custom wine racks by the way rest on a 4-inch toe kick.

You can see that from that side elevation on the right. It’s referred to as “rack left elevation” and you can see that’s toe kick’s four inches.

All the custom wine racks in between the wood cases are 750-milliliter opening, single-bottle storage openings measuring approximately three and three quarter by three and three quarter that translates to “you’ll be enabled to store standard champagne bottles, Oregon pinots, Ross, California Bluechips.”

Very few bottles will not fit into these openings.

Above the wood cases on the very far left and very far right, you’ll notice those little openings are a bit larger.

These are to accommodate 1.5-liter or magnum bottles above the tabletop area in the center, which is an open area with the solid side panels; above that is the louvered grill cover.

This is on a hinge and indeed conceals the mechanical appearance of the fan coil and the evaporator.

The thermostat is located on the left side of the room as you enter.

The label-forward horizontal displays add a nice touch, I think, and it got a lot of character.

These bottles are labeled forward for horizontal displays and enable you to store one bottle and, although, not visible, up to two bottles behind the visible bottle.

So, we were very happy with this wine cellar design project; the clients were thrilled.

We hope you visit us if you have a wine cellar design Los Angeles project at www.winecellarsbycoastal.com.

Cheers!

Popular Wine Cellar Ideas in California

For wine connoisseurs, wine is an considered part of their lives, not only a kind of beverage to be served at dinners or parties. This is why many wine collectors in California want to ensure that they have a storage place at home that will provide their prized vintages the perfect conditions and easy access. Some even choose sophisticated wine storage solutions or luxurious designs, even if it means going beyond their budget.

Both the ideal storage environment and luxurious appeal of your collection’s resting place can be achieved by having your custom wine cellar built by an expert. Wine cellars are designed to store wines until they are mature enough to be drunk. The older the wine, the more complex the aromas and flavors it will release.

Nowadays, most residential wine cellars in California are built not only with essential components for proper wine preservation, but also with cutting-edge design. For those who are planning to add a wine cellar to their home or are considering renovating an existing wine room, here are some popular wine cellar ideas that you can take note of.

Closet Wine Cellars

If you don’t have a big room to convert into a refrigerated custom wine cellar, this should not hinder you from having your dream wine cellar at home. With the creative hands and extensive experience of your chosen wine cellar builder, even a small closet can be transformed into an impressive walk-in wine cellar that can be the envy of your friends.

Since the main goal is to achieve the ideal temperature of 55-65 degrees Fahrenheit and humidity levels of 50-70 percent, it is recommended that a suitable wine cooling system is installed. If your closet is small, a cooling system of lower cooling capacity would ideally control the climate in the room, and vice versa.

For the wine rack system of small closet wine cellars, modular wine racking systems are commonly used. Some modular wine racks come with built-in tasting table top and stemware storage. An important thing to keep in mind when purchasing modular wine racks is to make sure that they suit the dimensions of your closet, or else your beautiful wine storage closet will turn into a mess.

For wine collectors who have bigger space and want more unique appeal, custom wine racking is more preferable. Customizing wine racks allows your own creativity and style to be incorporated into your wine cellar.

Basement Wine Cellars

Basement Wine Storage Room

Stacking wine in just area of the house such as in kitchen cabinets, drawers, boxes, or under the sink will ruin it. Wine needs to be stored in a dark, cool, and humid place. Proper wine storage conditions allow for graceful aging of wine. When aged properly, wine is more flavorful and the aromas it releases are desirable.

If you are considering building a wine cellar at home, your basement is considered the most ideal place for storage. Why? Because the humidity levels in the basement are more consistent and basements have less or no direct contact with sunlight.

A basement wine cellar can be “passive,” or naturally cooled. It uses the underground temperature (depending on where you live and the season) to control temperature fluctuations.

In the summer, heat gained through the foundation of a naturally-cooled wine room can be a problem. Some modern home owners add a heating system or a few appliances in their passive wine storage in the basement. Doing so can increase the temperature in the room and pose danger to the wines stored in it.

An active wine cellar in the basement is cooled using a wine cooling system. Compared to a passive wine cellar, a climate-controlled wine cellar is highly recommended to give complete control of the temperature and humidity level in the room. This will keep the cork moist, preventing spoilage of your valuable wines.

While installing a cooling unit is another expense, keeping your wine safe all the time will save you money in the long run.

Wine Cellar with a Home Tasting Bar

There are many inspiring wine cellar ideas that you can use to add aesthetic appeal to your home. One of these is to build a wine cellar that has multiple functions. For example, if you’re planning to renovate your spacious dining area, you can transform it into an elegant wine storage and a tasting bar.

Wine Cellar with Tasting Bar

You can even request your wine cellar designer to incorporate some special features, such as a stemware storage rack where you can hang the wine glasses, a cigar humidor, and a lot more. You may also want a “green” feature in your wine cellar such as reclaimed oak wine barrel flooring, tabletops, and wine racking. Another elegant piece of art that you can use is a wine barrel carving, which is a trend in many residential wine cellars in California.

Since wine is perishable, it is important to install a cooling unit in your dining area. Elegance and proper wine storage must go together to prevent waste of investment.

Useful Wine Cellar Tips to Keep in Mind

The wine rack styles that you want to use should be based on the size of the room and the ambiance that you want to create in your wine cellar. You can opt for semi-custom wine racks which are readily built. These wine rack kits include wine rectangular bins, diamond bins, curved corner racks, and a lot more.

For those who want a fully-customize residential wine cellar, you must discuss all your specific wine storage needs, requirements, budget, and the overall look that you want your wine room to have during the design phase.

It is also vital to determine the material for your wine racks. Wooden wine storage racks are sturdy and very appealing. Metal wine racks are known for their durability. They are sleek, making them ideal for a contemporary home. Your choice of wine rack design and material should depend on the existing décor of your home, size of your collection, and room and budget.

Elegant Wooden Wine Cellar Racking

Contemporary Metal Wine Racking

Whatever type of wine cellar you want to have or wherever it is located, a wine cellar refrigeration system should be installed to regulate the two most important factors in proper wine preservation: temperature and humidity.

Let a Wine Cellar Expert Bring Your Wine Cellar Ideas into Reality

Wine Cellars by Coastal has been in the wine cellar industry for several years, designing and installing wine cellars in and around California. Their aim is to provide their clients the efficient and state-of-the-art wine storage solution.

They will ensure that the essential components of your wine cellar such as the climate-control system, wine racking, flooring, door and lighting are installed properly for you to be worry-free about your wine’s safety.

Wine Cellars by Coastal Creates Stellar Wine Cellar Designs

Learn more about Coastal has to offer by visiting their website at http://www.winecellarsbycoastal.com/ or request for a FREE 3D wine cellar design.

Residential Wine Cellar Under the Stairway Closet California Installation

Residential Wine Cellar Under Stairway Closet California Installation – A Processed Video Transcription

Hello and thank you for visiting Coastal Custom Wine Cellars!

I’m going to take you on a tour of a small wine cellar conversion project that we recently completed in Southern California, and then we’ll take a look at the design package for this particular residential wine cellar California project as well. This is a closet that was situated underneath the stairway.

Residential Wine Cellar Under Stairway Closet California Installation .

As you enter, it is certainly tall enough to walk into and maneuver for about 4 feet and then it rapidly descended to about a 5 feet height and took a right under 3 feet. It is limited in size because the back wall here is an exterior wall and made refrigeration method quite easy to select and to install.

Residential Wine Cellar Design – The Drawings

Let’s take a look at the drawings and then we’ll come back to some of the completed pictures of the residential wine cellar. This is an overhead view of the wine room.

The entry is up here on the top left and the walls are labeled A, B, C, and D, all the perimeter dimensions are posted, and on the top right of every page, in this particular page, you get the total capacity of 404 bottles. There’s not a lot of room to enter the area.

Wine Cellar Drawing Overhead View

So, this Elevation A we utilized a 6″ deep component that will lay the bottles sideways. We’ll take a look at that in a moment, but they’re label forward horizontal displays inverses a 13 1/2″ deep rack, which certainly allowed for more room to maneuver in the wine room and certainly didn’t impede the entry.

Elevation A was label forward horizontal displays. They stair step down to allow for the change in height of the ceiling because of the stair. The side elevations show the depths of the wine rack and we’ve got the height at its highest point.

Elevation B is the back wall across from the entry. It’s the exterior wall I mentioned and we’ve got a series of X-bins for bulk storage below, a little bit of single bottle storage above that before we hit a display row.

Wine Display Area

This is called a high reveal display row and as you’ll see here from the side view it’s pitched to the 15 degree angle so the liquid stays in contact with the cork. We’ve got a beautiful way to display the wines, lending some character to the area.

High Reveal Display Row

It’s a good management tool because you can place like wines above and below the display row. Nestled back deep in the wine cellar is the end wall.

We actually placed a wine cellar cooling unit. The reason this is a bit shorter than the other racks is because we placed the wine cellar cooling unit right above here, which we’ll see in some of the photographs.

Wine Racks Design Specifications

This small rack made a transition from the back wall to the right side wall and then as we come back towards the entry, we’ve got some bin storage, open bins for bulk and some more single bottle storage.

These are 3D visuals of the area, as you can see the entry and how it kind of made that L-shaped back to the rear portion here. It turned out nice. I think you’ll agree when you take a look at some of these photos.

3D Design – Residential Wine Cellar California

This wine cellar was created in a Philippine mahogany and we put what’s called a Chappo stain on it with a clear lacquer finish to give it a little bit of a luster. This is the entry, obviously after.

Wine Cellar Art Painting by Janina Pazdan

Wine Cellar Art Painting on the Wall and Ceiling

We had an artist come in and do some faux painting. The theme of this wine cellar art by Janina Pazdan is a grapevine.

If you live in Southern California, specifically Los Angeles and Orange County, we could make her services available to you as well. You see a little bit of that faux wine cellar art painting here on the slope ceiling, that’s the left side as you enter. The back wall with the X cubes.

Oak Wine Barrel Flooring

Oak Wine Barrel Flooring

We also utilized oak barrel series flooring. These are random links of tongue and groove style boards. They actually have some stampings or brandings from the cooperage on the top of the barrel.

These are the display row. Isn’t that beautiful? LED lighting, by the way, is on a separate switch with a dimmer so we can control the mood.

Here’s a little close up picture of some of the cooperage flooring, and our base molding. A close up of our LED lights. We had a little patching to do here, but that was remedied.

Split Wine Cellar Cooling Unit

WhisperKOOL Split Wine Cellar Cooling Unit

This is a WhisperKOOL Platinum mini split wine cellar cooling unit and it easily keeps the room at 55 to 57 degrees, minimal noise. As a matter of fact, I don’t think you would hear the noise anywhere but inside the wine cellar. You won’t hear it outside the residential wine cellar.

That’s me after a couple of glasses of wine. Cheers!

Wine Cellar Conversion – Before and After Photos

Completed Residential Wine Cellar California

Residential Wine Cellar Refrigeration Installation Project in Aliso Viejo California

Choosing the right type of wine cellar refrigeration system spells the difference between enhancing the quality of wines and hindering their aging process.

Wine Cellar Refrigeration and Proper Wine Storage

Wine Cellar Refrigeration & Proper Wine Storage

The proper wine cellar cooling systems will help maintain the ideal temperature level and provide the right amount of humidity in a custom wine room for wines to reach their aging potential.

To help determine the type of wine cellar cooling systems that is most compatible with a particular wine cellar space, there are several factors that need to be considered. These key factors are: location of the wine room, room size, ambient conditions, the size of the wine collection, and the client’s budget.

Addressing these elements, along with other constraints, will determine the proper wine cellar refrigeration that will help create an efficient and consistent wine storage environment.

Arctic Metalworks specializes in wine cellar construction and wine cellar refrigeration equipment. Their products and services utilize the latest technological advances in the industry, which are proven to be effective and of high quality.

Arctic Metalworks Wine Cellar Cooling Systems Provider

The company was established in 1962 and has a group of well-trained designers, technicians and craftsmen who deliver quality and trusted services. They have already completed several wine cellar construction and wine cellar refrigeration installation projects for clients in Southern California.

Bode Project – The Original Set-Up of the Client’s Wine Cellar in Aliso Viejo California

Let’s take a look at a recently completed completed residential wine cellar refrigeration project of Arctic Metalworks in Aliso Viejo California.

Inefficient Wine Cellar Refrigeration is Harmful to Wines

This project involves the replacement of an existing wine cellar cooling system.

The wine cellar cooling equipment and the modular racking systems were originally installed by another team of wine cellar builders.

The wine racks turned out okay for what the client paid, but the residential wine cellar refrigeration unit created problems and entailed additional costs for the client.

The client was not at all happy with the outcome.

Getting Rid of Breezeaire Cooling Unit

The original wine cellar refrigeration specialist installed a Breezaire cooling system that was not effective and efficient in maintaining the ideal climate conditions for proper wine storage.

The diagnosis of the Arctic team was that the residential wine cellar refrigeration equipment did not have enough power to reach the temperature of 55°F, which eventually led to the equipment icing up and leaking water.

This posed significant risks to the condition of the client’s wine collection, especially with regards to the wine aging process.

What Arctic Metalworks Did to Revive the Wine Cellar and Preserve the Client’s Wines

Arctic Metalworks tore out the brand new Breezaire wine cellar cooling systems and replaced it with an Arctic 0025 split refrigeration system.

A split wine cellar refrigeration system divides the evaporator and condenser into two separate units. This set up allows the noisiest part of the refrigeration equipment, the condensing unit, to be remotely located.

In this particular wine cellar cooling systems project, the condenser was placed outdoors. This not only keeps the unit perpetually cool, but also eliminates noise and heat in the wine storage area.

Residential Wine Cellar Refrigeration Unit with the Evaporator and Condenser

Arctic Metalworks always emphasizes that noise is a factor that must be avoided inside the wine cellar, as it can cause significant disturbance in the natural aging process of wine.

Since the Arctic 0025 is a ductless split wine cellar cooling system, it does not require an adjacent room to exhaust heat. It is also not necessary to install a ducting system to supply cool air into and exhaust warm air away from the wine cellar.

The evaporator unit of this residential wine cellar refrigeration equipment was installed inside the wine room and is connected to the condenser by a line set. This line set is composed of a copper tubing and electrical wiring.

Products and Services of Arctic Metalworks

Arctic Metalworks Products and Services

The Arctic team provides warranty on parts and labor. In addition, they have a full team of qualified technicians that will conduct on-site repair and maintenance service when needed.

Arctic Metalworks has a 1% call back rate on all of their refrigeration equipment, thus making their products the most dependable on the market.

Arctic Metalworks is a family owned and operated business that specializes in wine cellar cooling systems and maintenance services in both commercial and residential applications.

As a wine cellar refrigeration expert in Southern California, Arctic Metalworks provides wine cellar cooling systems, commercial refrigeration equipment, custom wine racks, heating and cooling air conditioning units, and wine cellar construction and renovation services.

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Residential Wine Cellars in California: Essentials When Building One

There are lots of people who want to start their wine collection. If you want to start your own wine collection, you need to understand that you cannot begin without first making sure that you have a place to store them. Wines can’t just be stored anywhere because they need specific storage conditions for them age properly. The best place to store wines is in a residential custom wine cellar in Orange County, California.

A custom wine cellar in California can adequately provide the ideal conditions for your wines to mature tastefully. Learn about the basic elements to proper wine storage by reading through this article.

1. Lighting

It is imperative that when you have a custom wine cellar built in California, you keep it away from exposure to direct sunlight. There should be as little light as possible that reaches your wine bottles. There are various organic compounds within wine that are essential to its structure, aroma and flavor. Direct exposure to light, especially ultraviolet light, can potentially destroy these compounds and degrade the quality of your wines.

2. Vibration

Vibration isn’t really a big problem. It can occasionally be a problem when wines are exposed to too much of it like for example, when you keep your wine bottles on top of the kitchen refrigerator. Besides the risk of the bottles breaking, excess vibration can also prevent sediments from settling, and may affect the flavor of your wines. To protect your wine collection from vibration, store it in properly constructed custom wine racks in Orange County, California.

3. Humidity

Wines need to be kept in an adequately humid environment. Ideally, your custom wine cellar in Orange County should have a humidity level that ranges from 60% to 75%. Adequate humidity is necessary because too much and too little humidity can both damage your wine collection.

When humidity is above the ideal levels, moisture builds up and can ruin your wine bottle labels. Mold can form, too, and contaminate your wines. One way to prevent mold formation is by wrapping your wine bottles in saran wrap. Some people would use hair spray and other sealants, but these have unpleasant odors. Saran wrap effectively keeps mold out without having bad odors.

On the other hand, when the humidity is too low, corks may shrink and allow air to enter the bottles. When air comes in contact with the wine, oxidation happens, and this ruins the flavor of your wines. Wines that have been exposed to air often have a rusty taste to its flavor.

If your area has a very dry climate, or if your house is heated and cooled by central air, a good way to have humidity inside the custom wine cellar in CA is by placing a saucer of water inside.

4. Temperature

Temperature is the most important element to wine storage, and the most important consideration when building a home wine cellar in Orange County, California. Wines require a wine storage room wherein the temperature is maintained between 55 to 58 degrees Fahrenheit. There should be minimal to no fluctuations in the temperature level, because frequent fluctuations will negatively affect your wines. Have a quality wine cellar refrigeration system installed in your home custom wine cellar in CA, so that you can be sure that your wines are kept in the ideal storage temperature.

Coastal Offers the Best Custom Wine Cellar Doors

At Coastal Custom Wine Cellars, each wine cellar project is challenging. There are many components that must be installed properly and factors to consider from the design phase to the completion of your wine cellar. One of these is the wine cellar door which plays a very important role in proper wine storage.

How Your Wine Cellar Door Must be Constructed

Wine cellar doors must be constructed in such a way that they are able to perform their function in preventing warm air from the outside and the cooler air inside the wine cellar from mixing. Thus, proper insulation and sealing of the entryway to your wine’s resting place must be given importance.

How is a wine cellar door constructed so that it is appropriately sealed? To ensure that no air escapes out of your wine cellar, the door must be weather-stripped and attached with sweep and threshold or automatic bottoms. Wine cellar door manufacturers use the right size of door jam to ensure effective sealing.

Benefits of Proper Wine Cellar Insulation

A wine cellar that is well insulated will keep wine storage temperature and humidity levels stable, allowing wines to reach proper maturation and release their most desirable flavors and aromas before they are served and enjoyed with family or friends. Without proper sealing, your wine collection will go to waste.

This also lowers energy consumption since your wine cellar cooling unit will not run continually when the door is tightly sealed.

Custom Wine Cellar Doors by Coastal Custom Wine Cellars

When choosing a wine cellar door manufacturer, Coastal Custom Wine Cellars is the company you can count on. They construct wine cellar doors using LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber) technology. This process results in wine cellar doors that are resistant to shrinkage and warping.

In addition to durable doors, Coastal’s wide array of wine cellar doors can be customized to meet your personal style. For the material, you can choose from wood, glass, wrought iron, or a combination of these. You can also request your personal choice of theme which you want to be incorporated on the door.

Custom Wine Cellar Doors by Coastal

Before choosing your door, make sure to first determine the look that you desire for your wine cellar. Whether you want a traditional, contemporary, or vintage look, it’s all up to you. Click here to view wine cellar door options.

Coastal Custom Wine Cellars will listen to every detail of your wine cellar needs. They are one of the best California wine cellar designers and manufacturers who have completed remarkable projects. They also offer stylish wine racks, efficient wine refrigeration systems, and unique wine cellar flooring.

Wine Cellars by Coastal – a Wine Cellar Expert

Request a 3D wine cellar design for FREE! Contact Coastal at (888) 735-8889 or visit their website at http://www.winecellarsbycoastal.com.

The Importance of Wine Cellar Insulation

Custom wine cellars are the perfect place to store wines, because they are able to provide them with the ideal conditions, so that they age properly. Wine cellar insulation is an integral part of the ability of a wine cellar to do this. A wine cellar in Orange County that does not have proper insulation is practically useless. Some people build their own residential wine cellars without any vapor barriers. If you are a genuine wine lover, you need to understand the importance of proper insulation and vapor barriers.

Problems Caused by Poor Custom Wine Cellar Insulation

Many problems can arise from a poorly built custom wine cellar. You will have to deal with mold problems and/or the need for more moisture. Also, if your cellar is poorly constructed, your wine cellar cooling system will have to use up more energy to function. This will wear out the wine cellar cooling unit fast!

Moreover, a wine cellar in Orange County that is poorly insulated will have problems providing the right humidity for wine storage. Ideally, the humidity level in a wine cellar is 55 to 75%. Humidity is very important in a custom wine cellar in CA, because it helps keep the wine corks moist. Wine corks shrink when they become dry, and when they do, air can get in and ruin your wine.

Thermal Insulation, Air Barrier and Vapor Barrier

There are many kinds of wine cellar insulation. One of the best kinds is Closed Cell spray foam, which is also referred to as medium density or 2 pound insulation. This product is liquid that turns to foam and expands to 20-30 times its liquid size, creating an air-tight seal. Once it has expanded, it seldom needs trimming, with little to no waste. This type of insulation is very durable and is able to increase the shear and racking strength effectively. This product is a Code Approved Vapor Barrier and has a permeability rating 45ng. It is also a Code Approved Air Barrier and Thermal Insulation.

Other Factors That Help Creating Proper Wine Storage

Wine insulation is one of the most important things in creating the right storage conditions for wine storage. Along with good wine cellar insulation, you need to have your residential wine cellar designed and built by a professional. You also need an efficient wine cellar cooling unit to keep the temperature and humidity inside the storage room at the ideal levels.

Coastal Custom Wine Cellars provides more tips on how to create the perfect resting place for your favorite wines. They also have wine cellar professionals who can provide you with a free consultation and design of your dream custom wine cellar in Los Angeles, California.

Home Wine Cellars Orange County California – A Wine Enclave Fit for a Wine Geek

Wine Cellar Construction Orange County California Project

California wine geeks not only love collecting different kinds of wines, but also throwing wine tasting parties and hosting wine dinners at their custom home wine cellars Orange County California. The main goal of wine cellar construction is to create the best possible environment for long-term storage, as well as design a comfortable space for entertaining.

More often than not, the most dedicated and passionate wine collectors install a private wine room in the confines of their home because it affords them access to their vintages at any time, while also allowing them to grow their collection. Home wine cellars Orange County California are designed and constructed with the aesthetic preferences, storage needs, and budgetary requirements of the client in mind.

Home Wine Cellars Orange County California – The Wine Racks Used

This particular wine cellar construction Orange County California project demonstrates how a simple room can be converted into a climate controlled wine storage space that can accommodate 2, 772 wine bottles. For maximum storage space, home wine cellars Orange County California builders installed a combination of custom and semi-custom wooden wine racks, constructed in Premium Redwood.

Wooden Wine Racks – Orange County California Project

The integration of different styles of wooden wine racks with varying bottle openings, ranging from 375ml, 750ml, and 1.5 liters, allowed the collector to organize and display wine bottles of different sizes and shapes. Premium Redwood was the material of choice for the racking system because of the wood’s natural beauty, durability, non-aromatic quality, and resistance to decay.

Wooden wine racks for this custom wine cellar construction Orange County California project include a high reveal display row that runs across the back wall and continues along the left wall. Concealed LED ribbon lighting dramatically highlights the client’s favorite wine labels on the display column. It also features a tabletop made from the same wood material as the wine racking, coated with a clear lacquer finish to protect against spills and stains.

Wooden Wine Racks for Home Wine Cellars Orange County California

In order to achieve optimal storage capacity, wine cellar construction Orange County California builders incorporated single bottle storage racks with a depth of 23 inches on the left side of the wall, and a combination of single and double deep racks on the back wall.

Bottle racking with small and large openings provides additional storage space for splits and magnums, respectively. To accommodate the client’s Pax Syrah collection, 7 columns with 4” x 4” bottle openings were added to the leftmost side of the racking frame on the right wall.

Wine Cellar Cooling as Part of the Wine Cellar Design and Construction Process

Maintaining a stable wine storage environment is a crucial element of wine cellar construction. An efficient custom wine room requires proper wine cellar cooling, which will help facilitate the aging process by regulating temperature and humidity levels inside the storage space.

Wine Cellar Cooling Unit with Wooden Grill Cover

A wine cellar cooling split system from US Cellars was installed to help achieve the ideal climate conditions. The Rack Cool Series wine cellar cooling unit is designed to eliminate fan noise and heat discharge. The evaporator was mounted within the racking frame, while the condenser was placed in a remote location.

A specially made wood grill box cover keeps the refrigeration equipment hidden from view. Constructed in Premium Redwood, it blends well with the rest of the wine cellar furniture, and creates a smooth and even appearance.

Home Wine Cellars Orange County California Project by Coastal

A properly constructed custom wine room must satisfy several prerequisites of wine cellar construction, such as properly installed insulation, vapor barriers, and an exterior grade entry door. Satisfying these conditions will help create a wine cellar environment that is conducive for storing and aging wines.