A select few maybe have achieved some portion of their dream, carving out a room to serve as their vinous retreat. In the imagination a cellar is a sanctuary where the tactile act of communing with one’s bottles can border on the religious.įor most people, of course, the wine cellar remains a fantasy. For the true believer, a collection is no mere cache of bottles but, even more than the eyes, a window into the soul. Whether they keep wines in hall closets, in special coolers, at their parents’ houses or spilling out of basement corners, they harbor the dream of a cellar of their own.
ALL wine collectors, no matter how small their hoards, have cellar fantasies.
