Custom Wine Cellar Los Angeles CA:Philosophe

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When Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine, first filled his cup, even he would be astounded by the grandeur of the Philosophe home wine cellar in Los Angeles. Imagine a glistening waterfall, not of water, but of exquisite wine bottles, cascading from ceiling to floor. Welcome to the remarkable world of customized wine cellars!

From single wine connoisseurs to prestigious wineries, everyone cherishes the perfect storage and stunning display of their wine collection.

Today, we’re taking you on an exclusive tour of one of our most ambitious projects, the Philosophe Home Wine Cellar in the heart of Los Angeles, California. This isn’t just a place to store wine; it’s a sanctuary that celebrates the fine art of winemaking and tasting, a sensory journey that begins with the eye and ends with the palate.

Uncover the magical journey of how a mere room transformed into a wine lover’s paradise, thanks to the creativity and expertise of Coastal Custom Wine Cellars.

Traverse through the arched glass door with sidelights and a transom, and witness a wonderland of wines, neatly stacked in customized racks, under an ideal temperature of 55-60 degrees Fahrenheit, waiting for the perfect moment to be uncorked.

But it’s not just about aesthetics; it’s also about innovation and flexibility.

From creating racks that hold an astounding collection of 3,816 wine bottles of various sizes to installing a ductless split wine refrigeration system for maintaining perfect storage conditions, every detail has been meticulously planned and executed.

And, to top it all, there’s an eight-foot rolling library-style ladder to fetch those prized bottles stored beyond normal reach. It’s an intriguing blend of design, practicality, and wine culture!

So, buckle up, and get ready to immerse yourself in this heady mix of wine, wood, and wow factor as we lead you through this enticing labyrinth of fine wine storage, one rack at a time!

Home Wine Cellar Designs with a Stunning Waterfall Display

Waterfall wine-racking display in the center of the room cascading towards the exquisite arched door with arched glass sidelights and transom.

The Design Process for Los Angeles California Wine Cellar Project

A Flexible Wine Cellar Design for Los Angeles California wine cellar project

How do you know which wine cellar design is best for you and your wines? At Coastal Custom Wine Cellars we take the planning and design phase very seriously because we want to help you build the perfect resting place for your wines.

We are very glad to have created a flexible wine cellar design for our client in Los Angeles California to accommodate his bottles of different types and sizes and to maximize the space of his wine storage room.

The project started on October 2009, when the client contacted Mr. Jerry Wilson, the founder of Coastal, and provided him with basic information about the shape and dimensions of his wine room and the placement of the cellar door.

The client wanted to maximize the storage in his wine room which measured 182″ wide, 210″ deep, and 126″ high, maintain the ideal temperature of 55 degrees – 60 degrees Fahrenheit, and have a beautiful wine cellar door. After having the initial discussion with him about his wine cellar requirements, the basic design was then submitted to a group of experts called Coastal’s CAD team.

A few days later, a beautiful 3D design was created that went through four changes before the client approved it.

Beautiful Wine Rack Display and Effective Wine Cooling System

A rolling ladder was made to reach wines that are stored above 8 feet in this Los Angeles California wine cellar. Custom wine cellars Los Angeles California 8-foot rolling ladder project.

After understanding your plans and storage needs, Coastal is ready to offer you the best wine storage solutions that are elegant, simple to customize, and easy to expand.

For our Los Angeles California wine cellar client who has a collection of different bottle sizes, we created a wine rack system that can hold his collection of 3,816 wine bottles.

The client’s collection varies from splits to magnum-sized and champagne-sized bottles, and all of them fit perfectly in his custom wine racks. He wanted to maximize the space by taking advantage of the 10-foot ceiling height so we created custom wine racks that filled the 10-foot space.

Library Style Ladder Track

We designed these wine racks to have a track on them so the client could use an 8-foot rolling “library style” ladder to access wines beyond normal reach.

Ideal for creating a smooth transition from one wall to another, the true radius curved corner rack was used on all four corners of the room.

The bottom section of the back wall (Elevation D) consists of rectangular-shaped openings for wood case storage.

At the center towards the entry is a magnificent waterfall cascade wine rack with a tabletop that provides a functional and beautiful presentation.

It also gave the owner the opportunity to showcase his bottles uniquely in the middle of his large wine cellar.

Wine Cellar Refrigeration – Ductless Split for Power and Efficiency

To maximize storage capacity, a ductless split wine refrigeration system was installed on a wine rack on the left side wall (Elevation C). It is clad in a wood grill box and a louvered vent cover.

This wine cellar refrigeration systems Model RM 6600 TE, is a product of US Wine Cellars.

A remote condenser is included which can be placed indoors or outdoors. If placed outdoors, a protective housing is needed during the winter season to keep refrigerants from freezing.

Fan coils are placed on the wall or into the ceiling. The mechanical contractor supplied the line set to the condenser and fan coils.

Elevation D of the Los Angeles California wine cellar includes a split wine refrigeration system clad in a wood grill box and louvered vent cover

This split system is easy to install, affordable, does not create any fan noise or expel heat exhaust to an adjoining room in the house, and requires less maintenance.

At Coastal, you can select from three types of split cooling units (link 9): Cabinet Cooler (CC) Series, Rack Cooler Series (RM), or Wall Cooler Series (WC). All these units are pressure tested by the manufacturer to ensure quality and factory wired for simple field installation.

We constructed the racks for this Los Angeles California wine cellar using Heart Redwood which is favored for its natural beauty and soft earth tone color distinctions, which develop over time.

This wood species is harvested from the core of the redwood tree and exhibits consistent dark colors. It is widely used by manufacturers in constructing wine racks because of its resistance to decay and shock, non-aromatic quality, natural wood preservatives, and tolerance to humid conditions.

Choosing heart redwood wine racks will surely let you have happy memories with your wines for years.

The Entry to Philosophe Custom Wine Cellar

A perfect wine cellar deserves a door that has excellent beauty and functionality. Without the proper installation of the cellar door, factors that are essential for the proper maturation of wines such as the right balance of light, temperature, and humidity cannot be achieved.

The wine cellar doors are made not just to set the mood of your interior design but also to seal in the ideal climate conditions in the wine cellar, thus protecting your wines from being spoiled. Custom wine cellar doors that come in different styles and options, allow the owner to have a customized wine cellar door.

The wine cellar door for this Los Angeles California project was made with arched glass with sidelights and transom. The rolling ladder was also a major feature we added to manage the high capacity of this wine cellar.

The beautiful wine cellar door of our Los Angeles California client is an arched door with arched glass sidelights and a transom which added a splendid focal point.

The door was built with a wrought iron grill on dual-paned glass. Wrought iron grills can be designed and painted to best fit your theme and desired configuration. It is highly recommended that the glass be dual-paned to provide better insulation in the wine room.

Custom Wine Cellar Door

A glass cellar door can be etched, stained, or just plain. You should go for the first two options if you want a more attractive entryway to your cellar. It is also ideal to use insulated glass because of its improved binding capacity and ability to control the climate in a cellar.

This custom wine cellar in los angeles california which went into production in July 2010, is another splendid creation of Coastal. We give our customers the opportunity to dream, design and have the best wine cellar to preserve and display their wines beautifully.

In the end, it’s not only you or your guests who will experience the advantages of a carefully-crafted wine cellar. Your wines will also have the greatest benefits for years to come!

Custom Wine Cellar Los Angeles CA Philosophe

• Heart Redwood wine racking with a clear lacquer finish.
• 3816 wine bottle capacity.
• Wine Racks have nearly 40′ of counter height, Heart Redwood tabletop material. Sealed to protect against spills
• Wine Racking accommodates split wine bottles (.375ml.), standard and large format 750ml. bottles, large format champagne bottles, 1.5L magnum bottles, wood case wine storage, and lots of tilted and vertical display
• Total height =126″
• Includes an 8′ rolling ladder to access the wines stored above the 8′ height

Wine Cellar Climate Control

Includes a ductless split wine refrigeration system concealed with a grill box and louvered vent cover. All in a matching Heart Redwood with a clear lacquer finish.

The split refrigeration system is a product of US Cellars. Model RM 6600 TE. It includes a remote condenser that can be placed indoors or outdoors. Outdoor placement requires protective housing and if it is in a cold weather climate, we strongly recommend a low ambient kit.

This will keep the refrigerants from freezing in the Winter months. Inside the wine cellar, the fan coils are placed on the wall or can be soffit into the ceiling. A licensed mechanical contractor will supply the line set to the fan coils and condenser.

Utilizing a split system means that there is no fan noise or heat exhausted into adjoining rooms and all maintenance and service can be performed on-site.

Los Angeles Philosophe Custom Wine Cellar Project Video

Video Transcription Los Angeles Custom Wine Cellar Project With Library Styles Ladder and Waterfall Display

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Take you on a quick tour or, take you through the policies, the procedures, and the timelines involved in creating a beautiful custom wine cellar by coastal custom wine cellars. This, uh, job actually commenced in October of 2009 and wrapped up and went to production in July 2010. So this is a very large wine cellar with a capacity, of nearly 4,000 bottles ultimately. And after the gentleman contacted Coastal Custom Wine Cellars, there were some initial discussions and he shared some basic information with me. Simply drew the shape of the wine room on a piece of paper, as you can see, showing me the placement of the door down here, the left side dimensions, and of course, the back wall dimensions of 182 inches. He wanted to maximize the storage in this wine room with a 10-foot ceiling height. So therefore he needed a rolling ladder or some sort of ladder.

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Maximizing Accessibility in a High-Storage Wine Cellar

We, ultimately did include a rolling library-style ladder. He wanted to maximize the storage, cool the room to 55 to 60 degrees, and include a beautiful wine cellar entry door, which we also provided. We had some discussions, long discussions of, uh, his wine collection, um, and how they broke down into, you know, the different sizes of bottles, how he wanted to manage them, display them, and of course, uh, store them as well. So what we did is we took this basic design to my architects and our CAD team at the factory, and a few days later, we were given the opportunity to look at a three-dimensional design package. Now, this is not the first one. This, this design actually went through four changes, subtle changes, uh, over a the period of time. And this is actually the final product. This is an overhead view of the room where all the correct and field-verified dimensions are posted elevations of each wall.

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This gentleman has a total, as I said, nearly 4,000 bottles, 3,816 to be specific. It broke down to a combination of, uh, split bottles or halves at 156 champagne or oversized bottles at 92 816 bottles stored in wood cases. Uh, some, uh, also some magnums 160, uh, openings for magnums are 1.5 liters, some, a good, very large collection in this Southern California home. Look at a few of, the elevations. These are true radius curve corners. There’s no segmented or angled effect. All the racks are resting on a four-inch base or a toe kick, which keeps the racks up off the floor. This is a support rail here that you’ll see on some of the other drawings as well to, uh, accommodate the track for the rolling ladder in the brackets. This square or rectangle-shaped area right here is where the fan coils are housed. We clad them in a, in a wooden grill cover and a louvered grill cover as well, so that, um, the mechanical aspect of mechanical aspects are concealed. And I’ll show you some photographs here shortly as well. These rectangular-shaped openings with these icons here, are representative of wood case openings and storage,

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Waterfall Wine Rack Display Feature

And we created coming down the center of the room, off the back wall towards the entry, a beautiful, magnificent waterfall cascade effect that, um, ends into a granite tabletop, which was supplied by the customer. There’s a lot of countertop space in this wine room because as you’ll see here in just a moment, the bottom half, not the half, but the bottom area up to countertop height, as you can see in this 3D drawing, is actually 27 inches deep or double depth storage above its single deep storage. So you can see how this cascading waterfall effect creates a beautiful presentation or statement to the wine room. This is the look head-on. Of course, we created a beautiful, uh, uh, entry door. This is all glass, the transom, the sidelights, all true radius. We supplied the, uh, the door with the wrought iron grill and the dual pane glass, and we’ll certainly have some beautiful pictures to share with you right now. We have some, some job site, uh, pictures that were shared with this. This is one view, as you can see up here on the top. This is the fan coil or the grill cover that I mentioned,

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And here is a front view of the magnificent waterfall coming down. We’ll post new pictures, uh, shortly after it’s fully installed and stocked with the rolling ladder.