Whoever sells the equipment should be able to fix it.
Cellar design and construction, cabinet repair, bespoke timber cladding — we do this work ourselves rather than subcontracting it to trades unfamiliar with wine storage.
The hard part of a broken wine cabinet is rarely the repair. It is finding anyone willing to look at it — particularly grey-market units, discontinued models, or machines the manufacturer stopped supporting years ago.
We repair wine cabinets of every brand, regardless of where they were originally purchased. We diagnose the symptom, then tell you whether it is worth repairing and roughly how much longer the unit will last — rather than defaulting to “buy a new one”.
Not cooling, insufficient cooling, temperature drifting
Compressor noise, running without cycling off
Perished door seals, condensation, frost
Control board failure, display faults
Warped timber shelving, damaged runners
Discontinued models, grey imports, machines the factory no longer services
We confirm the likely fault and the cost range with you before starting. No mid-job additions.
We work out whether it is worth repairing and how much life is left in it, rather than defaulting to a replacement.
Wine Cellar
From a room to a cellar
A cellar is not primarily about how it looks. It is about whether it can hold wine properly for years.
We handle the whole thing: survey, insulation and vapour control, selection of climate equipment, storage capacity, circulation and lighting.
Survey
Measure the space, confirm power supply and drainage.
Design
Capacity and equipment specified to the collection and the budget.
Insulation and vapour control
Get this wrong and every piece of equipment afterwards is wasted effort.
Construction
Climate unit, racking, joinery and lighting integrated.
Aftercare
Handover is not the end. Maintenance stays with us.
Cellar racking under construction. Shelving is configured to the number of bottles and how they are accessed, with clearance retained for equipment.
Joinery
Making a cabinet look less like an appliance
A professional wine cabinet dropped into a living or dining room rarely sits well with the rest of the interior.
Bespoke timber cladding: a surround made to the dimensions of the machine and the language of the room, so the cabinet reads as joinery rather than equipment — while retaining the ventilation clearance the unit needs. Many interior contractors overlook that clearance, and it directly shortens the life of the cabinet.
Hinoki mortise-and-tenon dining tables: built with traditional joinery rather than metal fixings, so the structure settles and strengthens over time, and the grain and scent develop with use.
A full wine wall in a commercial dining room. Cladding and built-in installation make the equipment part of the architecture.
Selected Works
Recent projects
Restaurants, hotels, private residential cellars and commercial installations. A selection below, spanning the site work through to completion.
Case study: a restaurant cellar in TaichungCase Study
A bespoke cellar built within a working restaurant — exterior condenser, insulated shell, ceiling evaporator, humidity and temperature control, and timber racking on three walls, all planned and built by us. The four photographs below follow the key stages.
The finished cellar roomTimber racking on three walls with room for a single table at the centre. This cellar is not only storage; it is the most private table in the restaurant.Ceiling-mounted evaporatorCold air is distributed evenly from above, avoiding cold spots. The unit position and drainage have to be settled before joinery begins; afterwards there is almost no room to adjust.Temperature and humidity controlThe panel shows live humidity and temperature. A cellar is not a refrigerator: let humidity fall below 50% and the cork dries, shrinks, and lets air in.The cellar entranceA solid timber door set into brick, with sealed framing. The door is the weakest link in a cellar's insulation; get the seal wrong and every other measure is cancelled out.
Other workSelected
Commercial｜A full wall of climate-controlled cabinetsSix climate-controlled cabinets run as a continuous wall, amber light through the glass fronts picking out the bottles. The equipment sits back into the wall line and reads as architecture.Hospitality｜Stainless steel display cabinetsStainless-framed glass doors set against a timber ceiling with integrated lighting. The open service line means fetching a bottle in front of the guest becomes part of the experience.On site｜Delivery and installationInstallation day. Levelling, ventilation clearance, power and drainage all have to be right at this stage; correcting any of it after completion costs a great deal more.Private cellar｜Timber racking under constructionBin shelving above, display rows in the middle, high-density storage below — one wall serving three different ways of reaching for a bottle. The circular opening at centre is left for the climate unit.Private cellar｜CompletedThe same cellar once filled. The dark panel to the right is a EuroCave INOA conditioning unit, given a speaker-cabinet form and set into the joinery so that it all but disappears in use.Private cellar｜Angled display shelvingAngled shelves present the label face-on, so finding a bottle no longer means pulling out a dozen to check. For a large collection, it is a decision the owner appreciates daily.
Let Us Talk
Talk it through first. Decide afterwards.
A faulty cabinet, a cellar you are considering, or simply a question of feasibility — get in touch. Assessment and advice are free.
