The Art of the Cellar

Balancing form and function, modern collectors are commissioning showpiece safe havens for their wines

A 14-foot-tall sculpture filled with bottles of Sauternes is the centerpiece of a home wine cellar.
Artist and cellar designer Robert Cameron created a 14-foot-tall sculpture filled with different decades of Sauternes as the centerpiece of a client’s home cellar in Toronto. (Artin Kavousi)
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Today's wine collectors are incorporating wine storage into their homes in dramatic ways, creating spaces that combine state-of-the-art technology with artistic presentation. In this story, top designers share their approaches to building secure, sophisticated wine rooms for collections of all sizes and styles, from ultramodern glass-and-steel repositories to historic-replica caves with cutting-edge amenities, and the owners of these breathtaking cellars take us inside their wine sanctuaries.

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