Beautiful Glass Wine Room with Modern LED Lighting

Contemporary Glass Wine Room with Innovative Back Panel Lighting

Steve Pantalemon, a wine cellar design consultant of CWC Austin, built a glass wine room for a client’s modern home. Lighting behind the back panel for the wine racking system is one of the features that catches everyone’s attention. Continue reading to know more details of this project.

Glass Wine Room with Unconventional Lighting

The lighting for this glass wine room is something that you don’t usually see in traditional wine cellars. Steve and his team had only done quite a few of these types of lighting for their projects. You could say that they’re starting a trend with this type of lighting for wine storage.

Traditionally, a wine cellar should have dim lights. It was done to avoid disturbing the slow and delicate aging process of the wine. The reason behind this was that people in the past used bulbs that emitted rays that were damaging to wines. So, using lighting with dim lights was their only option at that time. But with the advent of technology, modern lighting, specifically LED lighting, does not emit any harmful rays. Plus, it is more energy efficient compared to its predecessors.

The team mounted a white acrylic board to a piece of wood. Then, they placed LED strips behind the acrylic board. This orientation of the lighting gives a radiating glow from the back when lit. It radiates the right amount of light that emphasizes the wine collection. The subtle lighting shines through the wine bottles. Viewers of the collection will be undoubtedly amazed by this fantastic translucent effect on the wine bottle.

Combination of Metal Pegs and Wooden Racks for Bottle Storage

From the bottom of the modern glass-enclosed wine storage room, you could see various wine rack designs. There are horizontal racks where you can directly see the labels of the wine bottles. Then, there’s a diamond bin with a cork forward orientation. Lastly, there are vertical magnum racks that are slightly tilted to show their labels. All these wooden racks are made of Alderwood with black stain with lacquer finish. Additionally, LED strips were placed on a channel behind the wooden racks so you could easily see wine labels.

Above the wooden racking system are triple-deep wine pegs from Coastal Custom Wine Cellars mounted on a white acrylic panel. Steve’s team installed triple-deep metallic wine pegs to maximize the capacity of the wine cellar. The crew also built a custom-made brushed stainless-steel enclosure for a 6L bottle in the center. It’s an excellent spot for showcasing the owner’s large wine bottles.

Lighting behind the white back panel further adds flair to the already excellent wine display. The mellow light coming from the panel will direct your attention to wines placed on the peg. This ingenious custom glass wine cellar lighting is relatively new in the wine cellar design industry. The client is quite pleased to be one of the select few to have this type of lighting for his wine room.

The combination of traditional and modern elements in the wine-racking design makes this type of wine storage a transitional wine cellar.

Look at this other luxurious custom wine cellar we also built with our partners. We used a combination of wooden and metal racks, but incorporated backlighting to illuminate the metal racks.

Minimum Visibility of the Wine Cellar Cooling System

A ceiling-mount split-type cooling system is the ideal refrigeration unit for this type of wine cellar. This type of cooling system consists primarily of two main parts: the condenser and the evaporator. It is different from the through-the-wall self-contained cooling unit; significant parts are not enclosed in a single container. The condenser and evaporator are separated from each other. This type of cooling unit makes it possible to minimize the presence of both the condenser and the evaporator inside the wine room.

For this project, evaporator coils were ducted and placed inside the ceiling. Then the condenser was placed outside the house. Ducting reduced the noise coming from the cooling unit. And lastly, a wooden grille was used to hide the evaporator coils in the ceiling.

Adequate Insulation Was Done for this Glass Wine Room

Before installing the cooling system, the team installed vapor barriers between the walls. The vapor barrier prevents the formation of water droplets in the wine cellar. Condensation in the wine cellar would promote mold growth. That is something that you wouldn’t want happening to your glass wine room; molds may ruin the quality of your wines.

The door is a frameless tempered glass panel. The remaining glass walls are also tempered glass, but each had a one-inch frame to seal the wine cellar. The vapor barrier installation and tempered glass panels work hand in hand to insulate the wine cellar from external temperature.

The Client is Happy with His Fully Functional Glass Wine Room

This glass wine room project was successful, and the client had nothing but compliments for the final build. Contemporary wine cellar lighting is what defines this wine cellar. The combination of wooden racks and metallic wine pegs gave it an elegant look. Proper insulation done for the wine cellar will protect the client’s wines against molds. It will also prolong the life of the cooling unit. This wine cellar delivered satisfying results for both the client and Steve’s team.

It is a great conversation piece he could spontaneously enjoy with his friends, colleagues, or family. You, too, can build a beautiful modern wine room like this in Austin. Call us NOW! You’ll get a free 3D design and consultation.