Some view it as a library for wine while others say it's a safe storage vault for a sizable investment. Regardless of how you describe the wine cellar, however, nothing changes the fact that it has become the hottest trend in home additions. Mr. Dreyfus attributes this burst of wine enthusiasm to several things. While the economy has played a role, it is not solely because there is more disposable income to spend on wines and the cellars that keep them. Mr. Dreyfus also feels that because people can afford to travel more, their exposure to new things and ideas is that much greater.
People recognize that wine is one of the finer things in life and people want to be part of that.
People need a place to store their wines. Just like the wines that they house, wine cellars come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and price ranges. They can cost as little as a few shelves in a cool basement to as much as an elaborate room lined with stone or mahogany. New wave rooms offer taste-testing tables and some people are even opting to have dining areas in their cellars. People are buying grandiose houses and it has become a status to have a wine cellar.