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Luxury Wine Storage Opens In Portland

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Wine storage in Portland, Oregon just got a little more luxurious. Rick McClish, a developer from California, has invested $3.8 million in a luxury wine storage facility. Rose City Self Storage & Wine Vaults has 849 storage units with a full basement of climate-controlled wine lockers. The area includes a community tasting room. Lockers range in size from eight cases to over 500 cases and they have vaults available for larger collections. The individually alarmed French oak lockers are backed by steel. Wines can be shipped directly to the facility.

The Oregonian reports that things are also luxurious upstairs to protect the rest of your valuables. The upper floors are carpeted and feature replicas of Southeast Portland street signs and there is a state-of-the art security system. The business opened in October. The building was originally built in 1921 as the Jones Cash Stores, an outfitter for gold miners. McClish restored the building and it is now listed as a historic building by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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Eurocave SoWine Bar Wine Preservation System

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Filed under: Wine

Eurocave Sowine Bar Wine Preservation System

Exactly how long a bottle of wine keeps after it's been opened is a question that has no easy answer, but Eurocave's SoWine bar aims to extend the shelf-life of your half-empty bottles for up to 10 days. Designed as both a preservation and storage system it has two compartments, each with independent temperature control settings, and vacuum seal technology so you can keep a bottle of white wine and a bottle of red wine at the same time. Holds standard 750ml bottles only. $395

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How Long Does Wine Keep After It's Been Opened?

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It's a question that's been tossed around for centuries, since the first cork was popped: How long does wine keep once it's been opened?

As with all things wine, it depends on many factors. Red wine, white wine, young wine, old wine, the list goes on. Oxidation is both a friend and an enemy. A freshly opened bottle often benefits from sitting open for a few minutes before serving in order to allow the oxygen to seep in and bring out the flavors and aromas in their full-bodied glory, but too much time exposed to the air and all those wonderful characteristics start to slowly turn unpleasant and eventually the wine will be dull, sour, and not nearly as fragrant. It's a slow process and it really comes down to personal taste, because no matter how long an opened bottle sits it won't become unsafe to drink -- just unpleasant.

The quick, very general answer on how long an opened bottle of wine keeps is 3 days. All wines will keep at least one day without changing for the worst, and many aged reds can last up to a week. Factors to keep in mind:

The age of the wine The longer the wine was aged the longer it will retain its desirable characteristics after being opened. Young wine is more susceptible to the effects of oxidation.
How much is left The fuller the bottle the longer the wine will last, due to less room for oxygen. Consider transferring leftovers into a smaller bottle
Sugar and alcohol content Sugar and alcohol act as preservatives so dessert wines, ports, and sherries can keep much longer (up to a year in some cases).

When it doubt smell it and taste it. If you like it drink it! If you don't, either discard it or find another use for it. There are no hard and fast rules so make your own.

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Wine Cellars From Recycled Wine Barrels

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Filed under: Decor, Wine

The Stave Oak Collection from Savante Wine Cellars not only looks great it uses reclaimed parts of retired wine barrels to create aged wine racks. The wine barrels, which are no longer suitable for aging wine would otherwise be sent to landfills.Wine barrels generally have a life expectancy of around five to seven years.

The Stave Oak collection uses all pieces of the wine barrel from the white oak staves, to the steel bands that hold the barrels together, to the cooperage brand on the wood. The cellars are put together using mortise and tenon construction.

Ever wonder how a wine barrel is made? It's a neat bit of artistry which requires quite a bit of preparation of the wood. It takes a craftsman about eight hours total to create a barrel. For more information check out this great summary of the process.

[via LA Times]

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Man Buys Former Prison Cell

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Not too many people would want to buy their own jail cell back but Graeme Alford is a pretty extraordinary man. The Australian spent several years in Melbourne, Australia's infamous Pentridge Prison for embezzlement and robbery, including using a sawed-off shotgun in a bank robbery. Alford has since turned his life around, going on to become a motivational speaker and author. The prison closed in 1997. When Alford found out that his cell was being turned into a wine storage facility as part of the prison's commercial redevelopment he decided to snap it up. The space is to be converted to hold rare wines worth Aus $50 million ($46.1 million U.S). It is not how much Alford paid for the cell but one thing is for certain, the wine storage aspect isn't much of a lure for him, Alford doesn't drink.

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The $15,000 Wine Locker

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Filed under: Dining, Wine, Charity

A hedge fund banker recently paid $15,000 to rent a rather tiny piece of Manhattan real estate for a year. That's the price for a three-cubic-foot wine storage locker at chef Daniel Boulud's new restaurant, Bar Boulud which will open later this year. There are 15 storage spaces total and each has a 36 bottle capacity. The first spot was sold at a charity auction for Citymeals-on-Wheels, and the fee will provide 3,000 meals for home-bound elderly people in New York City.

Felix Salmon did the math on the pricey lockers and actual found that they are a bit of a deal for those who shop at the deep end of the wine list. He points out that if you are regularly drinking wines for that sell for $400 on a restaurant wine list you can probably buy the same wine for $150. At those prices you would only have to drink five bottles per month to justify the expense of the locker rental. Suddenly, the fee seems, dare I say it, reasonable.

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Boltz Does Wine Storage

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor, Wine

Wine storage is usually an elegant wood affair. Pretty, but heavy wood wine racks often take up a lot of space and may not work with modern decor. Boltz has taken their metal and glass, no frills aesthetic to the world of wine racks, creating simple utilitarian products that seem perfect for concrete floor lofts. The corner wine bar, shown here is made of solid steel and can hold 15 bottles as well as six to eight wine glasses in the rack above. It has has a glass shelf on the top rack and a triangular glass top. It sells for $299. Boltz also makes wine racks, wine towers and a countertop wine rack.

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Big Bottle Wine Company

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We've seen wine servers that keep several bottles chilled and fresh but this is the first time that I have seen specific wine bottles adapted for this use in restaurants. The Big Bottle Wine dispensing system is suitable for both red and white wine and the nine liter bottles are protected by food grade nitrogen to avoid oxidation. It looks like they are only in Australia now but I wouldn't be suprised if there is already a U.S. version of this around somewhere.

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Baalbek Cellars

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor, Wine

This weekend an article in the Tennessean brought my attention to Baalbek Cellars, a company in Oregon that creates custom mahogany wine cabinetry. Their cellars are designed to be an important part of decor like a bookshelf. Their designs are classic with solid hand-carved mahogany doors and heavy beveled glass. The cases hold up to 117 bottles and are secured with a brass lock. There is a drawer at the bottom for wine-related gear and the case is kept at the proper temperature by a Koolspace chilling unit which has digital temperature control/auto humidity control. The cellars cost $4595 and they are currently sold out so getting your new wine cellar will take eight to ten weeks.

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Wine Storage Tips

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Filed under: Decor, Wine

LifeTips has a great section dedicated to the storage of wine. Pretty much every topic is touched upon from building your own wine rack to wine cellar cooling tips. Some quick and important storing tips to keep in mind: keep bottles on their sides, store where there is little temperature fluctuation, high humidity is important for long term storage, and pay attention to the age worthiness of your wine before they go past their prime. Keep in mind wine cellars are not just meant to only be pleasing to the eye, but they must be just as functional as they are attractive. The need for a vapor barrier is commonly ignored when your designer doesn’t have the necessary knowledge of wine.

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Gold Key Wine Storage

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Services, Wine

Since the big wine storage fire last year, we've wondered if storing your wine offsite is really such a good idea. The Sacramento Bee has an article on the growing market for high end storage. Gold Key Storage in El Dorado Hills, California makes a tempting case for wine storage. Your wine isn't in some dusty warehouse, instead they offer private wine lockers in an underground setting with charming wine country pictures on each row of lockers. The center also has a kitchen and a tasting room with a fireplace and big screen television. They also will receive shipments and deliver your wine to your doorstep whenever you require it. Gold Key also offers regular storage including pampered care for boats and recreation vehicles. A wine locker that holds 8 to 12 cases rents for $30 per month.

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