Billy Carpenter is living up to his name — by building beautiful custom wine cellars. He runs Vancouver-based Vin de Garde custom wine cellars systems. He hasn’t forgotten about us modern design loves and has created the Wine Wall Series, a modern wine display system that uses aluminum, steel, and wood to create a minimalist approach to wine storage. He is also working on incorporating acrylic and wood rods for a more customized look.
Looks like an adult version of the game Plinko.
Artisan Vineyards Online WIne on 04.05.2010 at 15:19 PM
This is a fantastic cellar! Is it climate controlled? How many cases can you fit in the cellar that is pictured? It sure doesn’t look like you would have any trouble getting many, many cases safely stored inside.
billy carpenter on 04.05.2010 at 18:48 PM
hello artisan;
thanks for your note.
yes, we incorporate climate controls into all of our custom wine cellars.
you’re right – we can easily maximize storage capacity with this design as there is minimal material between bottles. we can change the spacing in our programming in order to allow the spacing to suit the collector/wine collection.
the cellar shown, in bamboo allows for a capacity of over 40 cases of 750 ml bottles and 14 magnums in the corner. the room is quite small, but the cellar has a good capacity.
if you have any questions, please contact me through our website, http://www.vindegarde.ca
enrolled agent certification on 04.06.2010 at 07:29 AM
Great! And it looks like it’s gotta save a lot of space. But considering we would be putting bottles of wine, isn’t it a little bit fragile to the untrained eye?
billy carpenter on 04.06.2010 at 11:46 AM
that’s what modern design is all about – building things that work, with minimal materials!