Lighting wine cellars

How you can create dramatic lighting features

27 Mar, 15

Sally Storey gives tips on how to create dramatic lighting features

Expert: Sally Storey

Company: John Cullen Lighting

Background: Sally is a lighting expert who designs lighting schemes for everything from super yachts and gardens to hotels. She has also written three books on the subject of lighting

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There is currently a big trend for cellars or wine stores to be turned into beautifully lit features, as part of a kitchen or some other living space. And that makes the lighting of them extremely important. Here are four top tips that can help you create dramatic lighting features without destroying a wine cellar’s precious contents:

A lot of wine fridges emit a cold blue light which can kill the rest of the room’s atmosphere. Instead, create a wine store with LED lights which give out an attractive warm white light which will complement your lighting scheme.

Traditional lights tend to emit a lot of heat which is likely to damage wine over a period of time, so choose the latest energy-efficient LEDs which produce a fraction of the heat.

For ‘display cellars’ make sure that all lights are dimmable, so they can echo the mood you want to create in the rest of the room.

Bottles and the symmetry of a simple wine rack lend themselves really well to simple lighting techniques and they make a great way to add some instant drama.

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