Wine Cellars: An Exploration of Stylish Storage [Hardcover]

Tina Skinner (Author), Melissa Cardona (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2004

This thorough and inspiring book provides a vicarious tour of the best in wine bottle storage. Visit more than 100 absolutely stunning, private wine cellars in over 200 beautiful color photographs. Peruse racking systems, tasting tables, and artful touches, created by leading wine cellar designers, including Paul Wyatt, Kathleen Valentini, Gary LaRose, and Doug Smith. Additionally, this is a guidebook to wine cellars in some of the world's most renowned hotels and restaurants, where private parties can reserve a table and dine amidst coveted vintages. The book also visits handsome displays in restaurants that showcase wine programs to customers. The result is thousands of wonderful ideas for wine storage and display. This is the first work of its kind, making it an invaluable guide for architects, designers, and discerning homeowners and restaurateurs.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764319655
• ISBN-13: 978-0764319655
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 12 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #588,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #16 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Drinks & Beverages > Wine > Cellars

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great coffee table book, August 4, 2005

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Troy (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wine Cellars: An Exploration of Stylish Storage (Hardcover)

Beautiful pictures, it gives you plenty of things to talk about and think about if you are planning a wine cellar. This book does not give a lot of details on why things are done the way they are - it is more of an idea book. I've read a few other books on the details of wine cellar construction, so I already knew why things are done as they are in many of the pictures.

This book gave me tons of ideas and helped me spark my creative juices.

Troy

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Acceptable, but overall disappointing, January 9, 2007

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Christopher York "Chris" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wine Cellars: An Exploration of Stylish Storage (Hardcover)

This book does not live up to expectations. Found that many of the photos are poor quality/amateur in nature. Some cellars displayed are spectacular but many are ho-hum. Nor does the book have any substantive material. Simple text descriptions accompany photos but only so much can be learned by looking at pictures. I agree with other reviews that this is a good coffee table or "idea" book. However, I expected more interesting photos with meaningful descriptions of the space, conditions, materials, lighting, etc... If you have to have it buy it used.

A much better book is: The Home Wine Cellar: A Complete Guide To Design And Construction by Perry Sims. While it doesn't have as many photos, those it does have are more inspiring and accompanied by good information on cellar design and construction.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cellar space, August 25, 2006

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T. Winters "4x2cubit" (Tulsa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wine Cellars: An Exploration of Stylish Storage (Hardcover)

Its a good coffee table book, Some great photos with good ideas, and some general information for those looking to build a cellar. I'm glad to have it.