Why not enjoy aged Gouda while the wines age?

An early promotional piece that Joseph & Curtis Custom Wine Cellars  created read 'let us build a home for your wine.' We are seeing more and more of the custom wine cellars we create not  only serving as a home for wine, but a place for family and friends to gather.Our custom wine cellars truly become a destination in the home and why  shouldn't they? Beautiful Mahogany custom wine racks and tables. Natural stone arches and floors. Music  overhead with subtle lighting and your wine cellar can become a stunning setting to entertain.Before we go on and on about the fun stuff - a few practical notes:

• Wine cellars are cold and no one wants to hang out too long in there. You  can turn the wine cellar cooling  system off or raise the temperature to a more comfortable mark for the 4-5  hours you'll be entertaining  with no stress to the wine.
• Keep in mind  that it takes far longer for the temperature of the liquid  to change than the ambient temp.
• The 'thermal mass' of the cold bottles all together in the wine racks will  also keep the wine at a 'safe'  temp for the amount of time you're likely to spend in there.
• The amount of time it will take to pull the wine cellar  temperature back down to the desired level is minimized  by the superior air flow & capacity of our split cooling  systems.

Joseph & Curtis Custom Wine Cellars are very proud of the wine  cellar/dining spaces we have created for  restaurants.  As we did more and more of these and noticed how  guests of the restaurants wanted to dine  in or around the wine cellar. This observation of course led us  towards suggesting this to our residential clients.Sometimes wine storage is just wine storage and at  Joseph & Curtis Custom Wine Cellars we can build exactly that within the requested budget. Sometimes wine storage is wine storage with a little  attitude.Have an entire dinner party in the wine cellar (if space allows) or begin  the dinner party by serving appetizers in the cellar and choosing wines for dinner. This will keep  guests out of the kitchen while you're preparing food or finish in the wine cellar with ports and Sauternes for  desert. Consider wrapping the custom wine racks with lighting for the evening to  create a mood.

We designed and built a custom wine cellar and tasting room for a client a  few years back who recently called us to say they were hosting an engagement party for their daughter .  After sampling several restaurants without any 'wow' reaction it  occurred to  them to have the engagement party in the wine cellar/tasting room. They contacted Joseph & Curtis Custom Wine Cellars to furnish a sommelier  and hired a caterer. The engagement party was intimate, comfortable and gave memories to all that  would be difficult to duplicate  in a restaurant setting.Is a custom wine cellar cheap? Depends. Does a $7,000.00 Sub-Z keep your  milk any colder than a  $900.00 Kenmore? Nah, but can you raise a toast to your daughters fiance  surrounded by family, friends and Screaming Eagle inside the Sub-Z? Like to see that.

Cheers!