Creating the Perfect Wine Room at Home

Private, custom built wine rooms add a finishing touch and elegance to a true custom home. Build a wine room into your next home by following these tips for building a wine room.

Whether you are a collector, wine enthusiast or a novice, a custom-built wine room is the hot trend in custom home design, especially where luxury reigns. A good wine cellar creates an opportunity for great wine for a lifetime. It can also add value for purposes of resale of the home.

Choosing the wine cellar that’s right for you is key. The bigger the cellar, the harder it is to control temperature and humidity. All fine wine collections require the same basic care: climate, humidity, and light control systems to protect and preserve delicate vintages. Vapor-tight doors and easy access are also top priorities. Proper storage makes financial sense and allows wines to be purchased when they are released, at the time they are most available and lower in price. The latest trend also includes wine cataloging. New computer systems allow barcoding of wine so that the wine enthusiast always know what they have available and what needs replacing.

Wine rooms can be designed to fit most budgets and can be built to a variety of sizes and styles. If you are designing a new home or updating an existing one, a wine room can add value and style for the simplest of homes to the very elite. Approximately 75% of the homes built by Texas’ Custom Builder of the Year, Jenkins Custom Homes, contain wine rooms.