Ascent Sotheby's International Realty • Vail, CO • 2014 Catalogue RESIDE® Magazine︱Summer 2014 | Page 11

Cellars are the bastions of wine enthusiasts who love the ritual of it.
The selection, the uncorking, that first sip of the bottle

Utah. “We’re trying to re-create the environment of a cave,

Aesthetics are the finishing touches on today’s wine

which is what early wine makers used to store their wines

cellars. It’s how oenophiles create their fantasies. Exotic

for maturation. It takes more than just trying to convert a

woods and stonework, rolling ladders, waterfall racking,

home office or a closet into the ideal wine cellar.”

overhead bridges and sleek display