Trending Now: 6 Eye-Popping Wine Cellars

Wine lovers are drawn to these luxurious ideas for tasting wines, storing bottles and displaying collections

Becky Harris April 19, 2017

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Homeowners who like to collect wine are creating beautiful spaces in which to store it, display it and, best of all, taste it. Whether inspired by an old cellar in Italy, a favorite Sonoma vineyard’s tasting room or a contemporary restaurant in Manhattan, wine storage design has come a long way in the last few years. Here are some of the most popular wine cellar photos uploaded to Houzz from January to March of this year, as measured by the number of people who have saved them to their Houzz ideabooks. They reveal some compelling trends in luxurious wine room design.

Brandon Architects, Inc.

1. Vary the Storage Options

Storing bottles with the labels facing out is a relatively new storage option and makes it much easier to find the bottle you’re looking for. Meanwhile, a mix of shelves sized for wine crates and a dynamic crisscross wall provide contrast on the adjacent wall.

Zoske Construction

This room utilizes the tasting island for additional storage. But the floor-to-ceiling wine Lazy Susan is the standout in here.

Quincy Home

2. Make Room for Tasting

Many wine cellar owners are taking a page from the vineyards they visit and providing a spot for tastings in the wine cellar. This live-edge waterfall wood countertop plays off the oak of wine barrels and corks. Also worth noting here is the variety of built-in shelves and the highlighted displays.

La Marco Homes

An intimate table for four is all the tasting room this wine cellar needs.

StudioTrimble

3. Get Inspired by Wine Country Style

Many oenophiles are gleaning inspiration from the architecture you’d see along the Chianti road in Tuscany or the Alsace Wine Route in France. Large stacked stones, brick floors and ceilings, and iron chandeliers are some of the elements that can bring this look. But who is that man on the fountain? Bacchus?

The Holland Companies

Brick barrel vault ceilings are another old-world element you’d find in old vineyards and restaurants in Tuscany. They became common during the Roman Empire.

Kessick Wine Storage Systems

4. Put Your Wine on Full Display

This contemporary space proudly shows off the wine cooler via clear glass next to the dining room. Just be careful of exposing wine to direct sunlight when setting something like this up.

Mediterranean Wine Cellar Mediterranean Wine Cellar

Large glass doors expose this traditional wine cellar to the more contemporary dining room, creating a wonderful contrast.

Simmons Estate Homes

5. Make a Statement with a Backsplash

A small mosaic tile dazzles in this wine room, which is within full view of this hallway. And the thoughtful lighting makes it shine.

Design West

6. Finally, Have Some Fun With the Details

Cheeky details such as floors made up of wine corks and chandeliers composed of bottles or wine glasses are popping up in spaces dedicated to wine.