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Theresa has been in the wine industry since 1978 in sales, importing, distribution and retail. Food and wine magazine had an article on her and Horseneck Wines in 1999; Theresa was the cellarmaster for the Chene de Rotisseurs for a number of years in New York City and also blogs for Moffley Media; Off the vine

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Ever think abour collecting or having a wine cellar in your home

Have you ever thought about starting a wine cellar in your home. 

As long as you have a cool area that is dark you can stack you bottles and enjoy a different wine each evening with your dinner instead of having to run out each day to the store to find that perfect wine with your food.
If you prefer to get a subzero that has two temperature settings (one for whites and champagnes - keep it set at 45%) and the other for reds.  The best setting for reds will be 56%.  Your wines will go back to sleep and drink beautifully when you decide to have that bottle.
A professional cellar that you may decide to build either in your basement or a lovely cellar that is in the dining room area of the house if you have an area where you can have the wines displayed behind a glass enclosed large door. These are getting more popular now.  It is very important to find an architect that truly knows how to design and build a cellar since there is more to a cellar then just walls and wood racking and a wine air conditioning unit.  I have had very good luck with Evan Goldenberg of Design Cellars.  Evan has all the credentials and basically will design a cellar for you anwhere in the world.  Evang@Evang.com is his email address for any assistence you may want.
.  Above is the new winery built by David DelDotto.  His wines are stellar.  His whole winery in Napa was built with materials imported from Italy
The grapes above are from the Levensohn property in Napa.  They have a winery called Leaf and Twig and whatever grapes don't go into the Leaf and Twig winery they happily sell to the famous Vineyard 29 winery.

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