ConsultationIt starts with your goals, your collection and your home.
Before we draw a line, we learn how you collect and how you live. We study the architecture and finishes of the house so the cellar reads as part of it, not an addition to it.
- Your goals for the space and how you will use it
- Collection size, bottle formats and how it will grow
- Style, architecture and the finishes already in the home
Design in three phasesSketch. 3D rendering. Photorealistic rendering.
Every cellar is designed in three passes, each one sharper than the last. You see the idea, then the space in three dimensions, then exactly what it will look like when it is finished.
- Rough sketch: layout, proportion and bottle capacity
- 3D rendering: every rack, finish and dimension in place
- Photorealistic rendering: light, material and detail before anything is built
SourcingReal materials, real prices, real drawings.
We source every material through our vendor network and get hard prices and manufacturer drawings back, not allowances or estimates. What you approve is what gets built.
- Racking, glass, doors, stone and cooling quoted by the makers
- Manufacturer shop drawings for every component
- One price, built from real quotes
EngineeringThen we engineer it.
We run the heat load calculations and draw the architectural and MEP plans for the space: walls, insulation, vapor barrier, cooling, ducting, drainage and power, all sized to hold your cellar at 55°F and 50 to 70% humidity.
- Room-by-room heat load calculations
- Architectural plans for the space
- Mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) drawings
Prestige Cellaris™Every cellar runs through Prestige Cellaris™.
Cellaris is the cellar intelligence software we built in-house. It models the finished room in 3D, simulates the airflow and the cooling, and checks the glass, doors and racking against each other, so problems are found on screen, not after the install.
- Airflow and dead-air zones across every rack
- Cooling capacity and cycling against the real heat load
- Glass and frame condensation, door and racking clearances
Site verificationPlans are checked against the real room.
Once the design, the engineering and the build plans are verified, we field-check every dimension of the plans against the site. Nothing goes into production until the measurements match and you approve.
- Field-verified dimensions
- Final approval of plans and finishes
- Released to production only after both
Production and deliveryProduced, crated and delivered by certified freight.
Every component is produced to the verified plans, crated, and sent by certified freight, so delivery and installation are calm, quick and complete.
- Produced to verified, field-checked plans
- Crated and protected for transit
- Certified freight for an effortless delivery and installation