Residential Wine Cellars: Design and Construction by Experts

Do you need help creating a safe and beautiful wine storage area for your collection? At Custom Wine Cellars Orange County, we design and build residential wine cellars equipped with elegant and functional features. We want you to enjoy your wine for many years to come. Our goal is for our clients to have a hassle-free wine collecting and drinking experience. Learn why investing in a refrigerated wine room is crucial to protecting your wines and some of the projects we completed.  

Residential Wine Cellars Built by Orange County Experts: Why Invest in One? 

If you have a wine storage structure built into your home, you will experience its benefits. At Custom Wine Cellars Orange County, our team knows and understands the vital role of proper design and construction when creating residential wine cellars.  

Protects Your Wine from Harmful Environmental Factors   

The primary purpose of residential wine cellars is to preserve the characteristics of the wines for many years to come. A wine room equipped with the right insulation, wine racks, wine cooling system, and doors is crucial to achieving the ideal wine storage conditions.  

It is best to consult with an expert like Custom Wine Cellars Orange County to ensure everything is in place. With extensive knowledge and experience in wine cellar construction, our team will transform your space into an effective wine cellar that will give you peace of mind.  

How We Build Orange County Residential Wine Cellars the Right Way 

As a top-notch builder in wine cellar construction, our team has built a good reputation in the industry. We always use our expertise, creativity, and passion for creating safe residential wine cellars. To achieve this, we will prepare the space by framing it, installing electrical work, and creating an airtight seal.  

Wine Room Insulation: a Critical Step in Building Residential wine Cellars  

To seal the wine cellar, we will install a vapor barrier and insulation on the walls and ceiling. We use and recommend polyurethane closed-cell spray foam insulation because it is cost-savvy.  It can act as both a vapor barrier and an insulator, so you do not have to pay for a separate vapor barrier.

It also helps minimize your energy consumption because it will prevent your wine cooling unit from working too hard to achieve the ideal temperatures and humidity levels needed for proper wine aging.    

Another advantage of this type of insulation is reliability. It is very effective because it expands and can seal even the tiniest gaps or cracks on the walls and ceiling.  

Sealing the Wine Cellar Doors 

Wine cellar doors should not only be appealing but should also be made of the most suitable material to withstand the high humid conditions in refrigerated residential wine cellars. Moreover, it should also be installed correctly to create an airtight seal.  

At Custom Wine Cellars Orange County, we use exterior-grade doors for wood doors. We use the Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) technology. It is a process where thin layers of wood are connected with adhesives to improve the stability, durability, and insulating properties of your door. Another method used in door construction is the Mortise & Tenon technique, where two pieces of wood are joined and interlocked to improve the strength of the corners of your door.      

We also equip our client’s doors with sealing components to stabilize the temperatures and humidity levels inside the residential wine cellars we build in Orange County.  

We will add weather stripping on all the edges of each door to seal the gaps around the door and prevent air leakage to and from the wine room. Failure to do so will result in your wine cooling system working too hard and breaking down. The automatic door bottom is a mechanical feature designed to keep the door closed when someone forgot to close it manually. It will help keep the cold air inside the wine room.  

For glass wine cellar doors, we use dual paned and thermally insulated glass panels to prevent condensation from forming on the door itself, in the walls, ceiling, and on the wine racks, cork, and wine labels. Condensation build-up will trigger mold growth, which can affect the structural integrity of your wine cellar and the quality of your wines.  

Designing the Wine Racks 

After a careful assessment, we will create a residential wine cellar design proposal showing the different room elevations, racking styles, and bottle capacities. We will submit the images to the homeowners for approval. 

The wine rack design will depend on the shape of the wine cellar and the requirements of the client. We offer wood and metal wine racks from reliable manufacturers. Some are designed to mount on the wall, stand alone, or be installed from floor to ceiling.    

Enhances the Beauty and Increases the Resale Value of Your Property 

A custom wine cellar is a feature that adds aesthetic value to one’s home. When you work with us, you will have peace of mind because our team will create an exceptional design that will bring your space to a new level. If you love to host wine-tasting parties or entertain friends, adding a wine display area to your home will enhance your guests’ experience. It will also increase the resale value of your property, making it easier to sell in the future.  

Provides Ease of Access to Your Favorite Wines 

Another reason residential wine cellars in Orange County are in demand is the ease of access to wines. The homeowners will not have to go to a restaurant, bar, retail store, or hotel to enjoy wine.  

Better Wine Management and Monitoring 

A well-designed wine rack system will make it more convenient for you to manage and monitor your wine collection. We will incorporate various racking styles based on your wants and needs to make wine collection easier and convenient.

Residential Wine Cellars We Completed  

In one of our projects in Orange County, California, our team transformed an unfinished basement room into a lovely home wine cellar. We completely gutted the room, and removed the tiles, fixtures, and drywall. We also added the correct insulation and installed an efficient wine cooling system. We incorporated horizontal bins, display rows, individual wine racks, and an arched opening. 

Another residential wine cellar project we completed was in Coto de Caza, Orange County. We converted the space under the stairs into a wine storage area for more than 400 bottles. We created a custom wine rack system, including diamond X-bins, individual wine racks, horizontal display racks, and high-reveal display rows. The door is a Seville-style custom wine cellar door, which is made of glass and wrought iron in a wooden frame. 

Let Our Experts in Designing Residential Wine Cellars Help You  

Residential wine cellars in Orange County are in demand because of their benefits. If you want to convert a space into a wine room designed to store wines for many years and add aesthetic value to your home, you may contact one of our specialists at +1 (714) 202-0989.