'They can be very elaborate and very artistic,' Bass contends. However, that is not to say the aesthetic is not important as well.

While most, when thinking of wine cellars, immediately think of rustic racks piled with rare and exquisite wines, the most integral facet to a wine cellar cannot actually be seen: Climate control of 55 degrees is ideal for short-term and long-term storage of wine. 'It used to be that there would be a bar tucked away in the family room or something, but now, I've seen people devote a part of that area or even the entire space to wine storage.'Īs far as what the cellars - or rooms - actually include, Bass explains that the most important aspect is the cooling system. 'The funny thing is I've seen a trend of it not being a cellar but of it being its own room,' she describes. And if the home didn't feature an actual cellar, they may have a wine refrigerator or what Bass calls a 'wine room.' In fact, out of the high-end homes she sold last year - those over $750,000 - roughly 60-70 percent of them included wine cellars. Or sometimes, they've taken a closet and opened it up and put all the required equipment into it.'īass attests that though it's been a growing trend for at least 10 years, she's seen it get more and more prevalent here in Kentucky over the last five. What I'm also seeing in several homes I've listed in the past year is their undergoing renovations to create wine cellars on their lower level or taking a full room on the first floor and making a wine room.

'With new construction, they're putting wine cellars in just as another part of the home. 'It definitely seems to be one of the growing trends,' Bass affirms. 1 sales associate at Lenihan Sotheby's International Realty, asserts, there is one trend in particular that she's been noticing for years: wine cellars. With everything from Architectural Digest and Home & Garden to HGTV and Pinterest inspiring homebuyers to get truly creative with their living spaces, there is no dearth of innovative and intriguing features present in homes on the market. It seems, now more than ever, high-end homes are becoming even more high-end.

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