What is the five big misunderstandings about custom wine cellar?

What is the five big misunderstandings about custom wine cellar?

There are some misunderstandings about custom wine cellar that you should know before building your wine cellar. We pick the big five of them, let’s have a look.

 

Misunderstanding 1: Cellars can only be built in the basement

Many people consider that, wine cellar can only be built in basement. In fact, it’s “the basement is good to be a cellar”. If a room meets the requirements about temperature, humidity, and light, it is good enough to be customized as a wine cellar. Generally, among the rooms, basement is easier to meet these requirements.

What is the five big misunderstandings about custom wine cellar?

Misunderstanding 2: Common air conditioner can control the air in cellar well

Wine cellar need to maintain a steady temperature about 12-15℃, with about 70% humidity. But the temperature range of the common air conditioner is about 18-30℃. What’s more, when the air conditioner works, it also brings away the moisture in air and make the air dry. It is not suitable for the wine aging. When custom wine cellar, you should fix the special cellar air conditioner instead of the common one.

What is the five big misunderstandings about custom wine cellar?

Misunderstanding 3: Wine cellar is a good place for enjoying wine. Not exactly, since the perfect temperature for wine aging is quite cool for people. If you have a big area for the custom wine cellar, we suggest put the wine tasting area separated from the storage area. If the cellar is not big, then plan the tasting area outside. Surely you can taste your wine inside the cellar, but the low temperature and high moisture will make you uncomfortable.

What is the five big misunderstandings about custom wine cellar?

Misunderstanding 4: The lights in wine cellar should be fancy like showroom. Maintaining adequate lighting is enough, just to make sure that you won’t lost in dark. It’s always the best to keep the wine cellar dim, to protect the wine from shine. But for the display cellars, which really need more lighting, we suggest use the LED lights instead of the incandescent lamps.

What is the five big misunderstandings about custom wine cellar?

Misunderstanding 5: Ignore the heat insulation preparation of wine cellar. Many owners may think that, any common room can be a custom wine cellar, so they ignore the heat insulation. The insulation materials should be fixed all around the room, or even you’d fixed the special cellar air conditioner, it works in vain.

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