The client’s San Clemente residence
San Clemente is a gorgeous seaside town in California. Its splendid mountain views and Mediterranean-like climes make it a perfect fit for people who can “take life easy”. That was what led a recent client of ours to purchase an old house there back in early 2015, and he has not regretted his decision since. Well, with the exception of the musty wine cellar in his house, that is. That’s why he recently contacted Coastal Wine Cellars California to help him make his dream San Clemente wine cellar project into a reality.
When we went to his home back in February 2015, this was the information we were presented with: the wine cellar was so dilapidated that it was just impossible to use it, and there were chinks in the insulation material. We knew then that it wouldn’t be just any “regular” fix; we had to completely overhaul the whole area, and we had to start from scratch, too.
So, we had to take out not just the old wine racks, but the insulated coverings and single glass panes installed on the interiors, too. We then proceeded to re-seal the walls with quality insulation materials, and we replaced all the windows (even the one on the wine cellar door) with reinforced double glass panes.
The wine refrigeration system to be installed in the renovated wine cellar, however, is something we gave immense thought to. The space inside the room was mainly reserved for the client’s mammoth 856 wine bottle collection, so we had to consider that any cooling unit we had to install should be compact in nature.
We eventually settled on installing the Wine Guardian Ducted System. It’s ideal for limited enclosures measuring up to 400 cubic feet, and it houses a humidification module which allows the user to control the temperature levels of the system via remote. It works just as well as any of its “larger” counterparts, and we deem it a good fit for this particular San Clemente wine cellar project.
The client finally settled on using Alder wood as the primary material to be used for the construction of his custom wine racks. So, not only does it have to be sturdy to house the large wine collection, it has to look beautiful, too. We achieved that by choosing a chestnut stain for the racks. We then topped it off with a clear lacquer finish.
The finished custom wine racks
The entire project was completed to the client’s full satisfaction in April of 2015. To see what other projects we completed, you can read more about our Manhattan Beach wine cabinet project here.