#wine cellars

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This is the house's wine cellar! Let me go outside and get us some wine. BRB. Maybe.

Is there a door? With a lock? This is crazy. It's a dungeon. Look how far down it goes.

[squidsquadlove]

Sometimes I look at NHL players' indulgences and realize my own perception of them is a wee bit skewed.

Wine cellars, for instance.

This one is Nathan MacKinnon's. As we all know, he had his house built next to Sid's, and it has almost as little personality as Connor McDavid's, except for the gym. I'm pretty sure he just said "sure, fine, whatever" to everything the builders asked him. As such, this is his wine cellar:

Totally for show. Where do you put stuff you're storing? And he's just not using it. (They would not have made him clear out his wine cellar for real estate listings.)

On the other hand, Brian Dumoulin is really well-known for being a wine guy. I hope he's enjoying being in Seattle, because our wine in Washington is spectacular. Here's his extremely cute baby and a good view of his very respectable wine cellar:

Technically it looks smaller, but the wall racks on the left are three deep and this whole thing is full. Plus there's tons of great storage at the bottom, including for magnums (double-size bottles) and boxes from your wine clubs.

Now here's why I say my perspective is skewed. My husband and I do not have an NHL budget. What we do have is about 15 years of being into wine. (And we're about 10 years older than even the older Penguins.)

Here's our wine cellar:

The racks in the middle (and across the bottom) are two deep, the ones on the left are six deep, and the table is cutting off the view of the storage we have for wine club boxes.

Most of our collection is Washington, since we live within a 20-minute drive of over 110 tasting rooms (not exaggerating!). ("Have you been to all of them?" I ask my husband; "Um... at some point in the last 14 years? Probably?")

We remodeled our kitchen about five years back, and a wine cellar was a priority. The builders came up with this, and it's spectacular.

ANYWAY if you're ever writing a character who plays for Seattle and is seriously into wine, hit me up, I'm your girl. I am ignorant on Napa and Oregon and shit, but Washington wines (and for that matter, fancy Washington restaurants) are very much my jam.

[transpondster]

Hundreds of mammoth bones discovered in Austrian wine cellar | CNN

Hundreds of mammoth bones have been uncovered in an Austrian wine cellar, in a discovery labelled an “archaeological sensation.”

“I love being an archaeologist. I’ve excavated lots of exciting things but I always wanted to excavate a mammoth,” said Parow-Souchon, adding that the mammoth bone discovery was a first for her. “I’m thrilled, I can’t deny it,” she said.

[playfullygrownup]

Looks a lot like the barrels in Thranduil's wine cellar! Floor mural by artist Marc Spijkerbosch at Creeksyde Holiday Park, Queenstown, New Zealand, found via The Southland Times. I have to wonder whether a certain movie trilogy served as the inspiration...

[osplanetasdasabelhas]

Wine Cellar

Colares/Portugal

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[danismm]

Walker’s DeLuxe Whiskey ad, 1958

[leodowell]

The Wine Cellar. How do you design an extraordinary interior in a room that no one else knew what to do with? Watch this for a glimpse into Leo’s creative mind. Leodowelldesigns.com

[osplanetasdasabelhas]

Wine Cellar

Colares

Portugal

photos cjmn