by Fred Tregaskis | Sep 16, 2019 | Innovations In Wine Cellar Design
Let’s make a confession up front: Most wine lovers get excited about a bargain. Find a delicious $14.99 gem that complements homemade pizza or pasta and you’re in heaven. You might buy a case and dream up reasons to invite friends over to pop lots of corks. Instant...
by Fred Tregaskis | Aug 15, 2019 | Innovations In Wine Cellar Design
Storing wine over time has been a blessing and a curse since wine was first produced some 8,000 years ago. Earthenware jars were used to store the wine made at the earliest production site discovered to date, in the Republic of Georgia. There wouldn’t have been much...
by Fred Tregaskis | Jul 26, 2019 | Innovations In Wine Cellar Design
Modern wine cellar design was apparently on the minds of the judges when CNN recently named the best wineries and vineyards for 2019. “Forget crumbling chateaux in the French countryside. For the ultimate vineyard vacation, try a Bond villain-style lair in the...
by Fred Tregaskis | Jul 12, 2019 | Innovations In Wine Cellar Design
Man probably has been cellaring wine since the first vintner placed his skin of grape juice in a cool cave for storage. But the first record of wine storage for enhanced flavors was from the ancient Greeks, who stored wine in amphorae in cool caves and valued aged...
by Fred Tregaskis | Jun 27, 2019 | Innovations In Wine Cellar Design
Wine Cellar Design Is Fun, Insuring Your Collection a Must Wine cellar design is one of the most pleasurable parts of enhancing your passion for fine wine, and so is discovering and exploring the world’s wine regions through research, tastings, and even travel—and...
by Fred Tregaskis | Jun 10, 2019 | Innovations In Wine Cellar Design
The June issue of Hartford Magazine features a story about a Summit Wine Cellars project in Avon, Conn., where Summit owner/designer Fred Tregaskis evolved a basement wine storage room into a true wine cellar where form and function are perfectly balanced. “It’s a...
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