An earthquake subsequently destroyed the wine cellar, but Selvaggio vowed to start over.
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Before handing over the keys to the wine cellar, owner Sam J.
The government also says there will be an annual statement on the use of the wine cellar - including what has been bought, what has been drunk and its value for money.
He told the BBC he believed the government had been prompted into action by a recent Information Commissioner's ruling that it should list the value of every bottle in the wine cellar.
In a city that sees 48.8 million visitors each year, the best way to claim a corner of one's own may be to hide it behind a secret phone booth, underneath a pizza stand, beyond the kitchen, on the other side of the wine cellar or in a train car.
Most of you, who aren't wine connoisseurs I suspect, will buy your wine as and when you need it and will probably regard the idea of a wine cellar as a little anachronistic.
It says the publishing chief executives held quarterly gatherings at such Manhattan restaurants as Alto and the Chef's Wine Cellar private room in Picholine.
Without the responsibility of running the company, McClendon may have time to complete the still unfinished massive wine cellar he began building in Oklahoma City in 2008.
These two customizations also gave Tsar Alexander assurance that the wine was coming from his cellar.
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The evening will include private tours of the kitchen and 60, 000-plus-bottle wine cellar, as well as transport to the restaurant, some 52 miles from Barcelona, in limousines, complete with free-flowing bubbly, of course.
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The resort has five restaurants and a wine cellar, plus several activities, from diving with whale sharks and dolphins to sunrise yoga by the water.
On the other side of the basement Bilotta Kitchens of NewYork designed a wine cellar with a Tuscan theme, custom pine cabinetry, hand-chiseled Jerusalem gold limestone on the walls and floor and glass-and-mahogany wine racks.
The hybrid Bistro Les Papilles is part wine cellar, part delicatessen.
His own wine cellar is an unheated spot under the stairs accessed by a secret door that looks like it's a part of the wall.
Then there was his private 454-foot mega yacht, the Rising Sun, a floating pleasure palace featuring a wine cellar, movie theater and basketball court.
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There were wooden cases of wine stacked all the way to the ceiling of the cellar wines of impeccable pedigree and provenance, but in a bit of a perilous jumble.
Situated on the Puget Sound, this 8, 270-square-foot home boasts deluxe amenities like marble slab counter-tops in the kitchen and master bath, sauna, and enormous wine cellar with separate tasting room.
In his wine cellar in Napareuli, six miles down the road from the Alaverdi Cathedral, Gela Gamtikulashvili crosses himself and prises the cover of a qvevri from its airtight clay seal.
With six bedrooms, the 1910 home also features an indoor basketball court, wine cellar, elevator, a one-bedroom au pair suite and top-level terraces with views of the San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate Bridge.
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The interior of the Il Borgo resort located on the estate was designed by Federico Forquet and includes 14 rooms and a suite including the crown jewel, a guest suite with its own exclusive wine cellar.
Besides a great space for car enthusiasts, the property also includes a salt water pool, tennis court. wine cellar and lake views.
Built in 1999, the imposing edifice boasts three bedrooms, an indoor pool, a wine cellar and a heated driveway--not to mention two crenelated towers, drawbridge and central vac.
Notable: The owners of this brown shingled home perched on a Mill Valley hillside say it feels like a tree house albeit one with three levels, a wine cellar and a "Harry Potter" room under the stairs where their daughter once liked to hide.
Whether it is from a cellar or a temperature-controlled wine cabinet, the joy of pulling out a bottle and savoring it with friends over a meal, as its flavors subtly transform in the glass, is one of the most pleasing sensory experiences imaginable.
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Their first winemaker developed a drinking problem, and when John Shafer finally convinced his son, by then a graduate of UC Davis's viticulture program, to take over as winemaker, the cellar was in abominable shape, full of mold, spoiled wine and a bacterial taint called Brettanomyces, which spoiled their 1981 vintage.
The bottles were caked in dust like a good French wine kept in a traditional cellar.
EuroCave is a wine-storage refrigerator made in France to resemble the conditions of a natural cellar.
More importantly, starting a cellar is by far the most cost-effective way of buying wine, as purchasing by the dozen automatically qualifies for a discount.
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