John writes ...

Our house already had a cellar room fitted with concrete bins (my wife always says this was the only reason we bought this house).

This is about 2.80 meters long and 1.80 meters wide. The door is at the end of one of the longer side walls which makes it more difficult to photograph. (view from door)

There are 28 "Bishop's hats" on each side and 4 large rectangular bins (which I have divided) opposite the door. The "hats" are perhaps attractive but I could store more bottles if they had all been rectangular. (view to outside wall) .. (view to inside wall and door)

As may be obvious from the cellar pictures, there is no space to store cases so I had to takeover another room which is approximately 2.80 meters square. This I call the "wine store" !

The "wine store" ... view 1 ... view 2 ... view 3

Both rooms are above the so-called ideal temperature for wine storage and have a slight seasonal variation. However the weekly variation is small. So far I do not believe the wine has suffered! I have occasionally thought about some form of active cooling but with two areas on opposite sides of the house, I decided that the wine would just have to survive!

The house is not as old as Tom C's - it was built in 1953, but has a very solid stone built basement. I hope the pictures are of some interest and hopefully illustrate why I need to keep track with Cellar! Software.

On showing these pictures to Betsy, her comments were .. How come we can't have a beautiful cellar like that ... my first thoughts were .. Damn!! .. look at all that wine !!!!

We thank John for sharing his cellar with us ... If you have any cellar pictures that you're willing to share with us and our readers, please drop us a line

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