Limited Edition of 10
The Vitrine
About 145 bottles in a case of steel and glass.
Starting at
$8,500
Engineered before it is offered. Every edition ships with a full architectural drawing set.
Shown as rendered in the studio concept. Starting price reflects the base Signature configuration; the edition is drawn to your room on commission.
Capacity
145
Width
To your room
Height
Floor to ceiling
Depth
Step-in
The rails
Brass, in pairs
Brushed-brass rods run in pairs between the oak posts, each one finished in a small brass ferrule. The bottles lie across them two to a tier, and the rhythm of brass and oak is the whole ornament.
The ledge
A band of chosen bottles
At eye level an oak ledge runs through every bay, leaning a few bottles back cork-up. It is where the case stops being storage and starts being a display.
The marble
One stone, five bays
White marble backs every bay, book-matched so the veins carry on behind the posts, and lit from the edges so the whole case glows. Against the thin black frame lines, it is what you see from across the room.
The case
Standing in the room
A black steel case glazed front and sides, with two doors that slide behind the fixed panels to open the middle. It stands between bar and living room like a piece of furniture that happens to hold the cellar.
FINISH
The Vitrine
Four ways
Tap a finish to sweep it across the room. As shown is included; the alternates change the timber and metal and leave the design untouched. The edition is ten across every finish, so a finish no one else chooses can be yours alone.
As Shown
Walnut & Brass
Fumed Oak & Steel
All Black
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Custom
Selected finish
As designed
Glass
Light
Custom finish
Every material opens up — species, stain, metal, glass and stone chosen with us rather than from a list. Available on any edition, priced above the authored finishes. Still numbered.
Edition of Ten
Reserve your edition.
Three decisions: how deep it runs, which specification, and how you’d like it delivered. Cooling, structural load and engineering are ours — they’re never a question you have to answer.
The Vitrine is shown at about 145 bottles. It is drawn to your room on commission rather than sold in sizes: the five bays, the ledge and the glass on three sides hold their proportion, and capacity follows the room. Counts are confirmed at specification.
Included in price
Have this configuration sent to you
We'll email the specification exactly as you've built it. No obligation, no drawings released.
Pricing shown is indicative. Final price is confirmed after field verification of your opening.
What Design Plans includes
Full architectural drawings dimensioned to your verified opening — plan, elevations, sections and details — plus structural load calculations, a complete material schedule listing every component, finish and quantity, and the cooling specification sized for your configuration. A licensed set, not a sketch.
Materials are not supplied at this level. Our racking, glass and cooling partners sell through authorised dealers only, so if you’d like us to supply and crate the components, choose Design + Materials.
Credited if you upgrade. The full plans fee is credited toward Design + Materials or Design + Build if you move up within twelve months.
Licensed for one build at one address. Not transferable and not for resale.
Provenance
Drawn, then built.
The Vitrine is a concept from the Prestige studio: a steel-and-glass case standing in the living room, glazed on three sides. Two slim black doors slide apart to show five white-oak bays against glowing white marble, with about 145 bottles lying label-forward on brushed-brass rails and a featured-bottle ledge running across every bay at eye level.
It is a box with glass sides rather than a wall or a room, so it can stand between two spaces and belong to both. It is drawn on commission, to your room.
5
Bays of marble
Book-matched and backlit, reading as one stone across the case.
3
Sides of glass
The only edition that stands free, glazed front and sides, with sliding doors.
How It Works
Designed by us. Installed by yours (Or Us!).
Every edition ships as a complete, engineered kit — crated, numbered, and ready for your contractor.
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Reserve your edition
Choose your size, specification and delivery. We assign your edition number and open the drawing, engineered to your verified opening.
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Field verification
Your contractor then submits verified opening dimensions before anything goes into production.
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Fabrication
Posts, racking, glass, lighting and hardware are fabricated to your verified measurements — in parallel, with the longest-lead component setting the schedule.
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Crated delivery
Everything arrives palletized and labeled by install sequence, with a printed guide and video for each assembly.
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Your contractor installs
Posts anchor floor to ceiling, the base sets like millwork, and the glass drops into the channel. We’re on call throughout.
Box & Papers
Owned by ten. Documented like it.
A fine watch is worth more with its box and papers. Your cellar arrives the same way.
The Ownership Card
Black anodised · No. 01 of 10
The ownership card.
Black anodized metal, laser-etched with the model, specification and edition number. It lives with the deed — not in a drawer.
The etched code opens your cellar’s private record: original drawings, material schedule, appraisal, and complete service history.
Scan → prestigecellars.com/registry/vitrine-01
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The portfolio
A linen-bound folio holding the certificate of authenticity, signed and dated to your edition number.
02 / 04
As-built drawings
Your full shop drawings and material schedule — every finish, fitting and post spec, as installed.
03 / 04
Appraisal letter
A written valuation for insurance today, and for the listing when the home eventually sells.
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Brass plaque
Engraved “The Vitrine · No. __ of 10,” set into the piece itself.
Technical Specifications
Held to a Standard.
Edition
Limited — 10 total
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Capacity
about 145 bottles · as shown
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Dimensions
Drawn to your room
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The rails
Brushed brass · ferrule-set
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The ledge
Featured bottles · eye level
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The marble
Book-matched · backlit
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Glass
Black steel-framed · sliding doors
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Lead time
Drawn on commission · then 8–12 weeks
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Questions
Answered.
Who installs it?
Your own contractor. Every edition is engineered as a complete wine cellar kit — components arrive crated, numbered and drawn to your verified opening, with an installation set a competent carpenter can work from. No specialty glazier, no factory crew flown across the country. In Texas we install it ourselves if you’d rather.
Will it fit my space?
Almost certainly, and it won’t need to be a standard size.
The Vitrine is drawn to your verified opening rather than to a catalogue dimension.
It scales across Drawn to your room · freestanding case, floor to ceiling, and the proportions hold at any size in that range.
What happens if a measurement is wrong?
The sequence is built to prevent it. The channel and framing ship first and are installed before anything is cut. Your contractor then returns signed, verified opening dimensions, and only then is the glass cut and the racking finalised. Nothing expensive is fabricated against a number nobody has checked.
What’s included, and what isn’t?
Included: the architectural drawing set, all racking and display components, glass, lighting, hardware, the cooling unit sized for your configuration, and crated delivery. Not included: the wall or enclosure itself, electrical supply, and finish work by others. The drawing set states exactly which trades you need and what each is responsible for.
How long does it take?
It varies with the design — components are fabricated in parallel, and the longest one sets the schedule. Millwork runs eight to twelve weeks; metalwork two to four; frameless glass and mirrors about two; the cooling unit about two. Insulated glass doors are the long lead at twelve to sixteen weeks. Your drawing set states the schedule for your exact configuration before anything is fabricated.
What happens if the cooling fails?
Cooling is the one part that fails invisibly — you don’t find out until the wine does. Every edition is sized and specified by us rather than chosen from a list, and Prestige Care covers it from there. If a unit needs a technician the $500 service call is credited toward a replacement.
Is it really only ten?
Yes. Ten of each design, each numbered and recorded in the registry, and then the edition closes for good. The drawings aren’t reissued and the design isn’t rerun under another name.
Can I change the materials?
Yes — that’s Custom, available on any edition. Species, stain, metal finish, glass and stone are chosen with us rather than from a list, and layout or proportions can change too. Still numbered, still part of the edition, and priced above the authored finishes.