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Is my wine insured at your facility?

Many of our clients insure their wine collections as part of their homeowners policy, so SDWS does not offer insurance for individual collections.  SDWS has been selected by the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies as a “Chubb Preferred Service Provider” within its Masterpiece® Protection Network.  The Masterpiece Network provides coverage for high value art, antiques, wine, and other valuable collections. […]

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How do you control the temperature and humidity in your facilities?

Industrial grade insulation designed for building exteriors and commercial, redundant refrigeration units keep the temperature at 55-58ºF and humidity between 60-70ºF. Our facilities are vibration free, so your wines will age under perfect conditions. In addition to individual collectors, we provide cellaring services to local retailers, wine importers and international wine clubs who insist on […]

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Wine Auctions–let your fingers do the walking!

If you’re old school, wine auctions might conjure up ball rooms in 5-star New York and London hotels, with uber-rich wine collectors sipping champagne as they raise their paddles for old bottles selling at eye-popping prices. But the Internet has ushered in a whole new era for wine auctions–and wine collectors.  You can now sit […]

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Wine storage – A Cautionary Tale

In an earlier post we wrote of an individual who was gifted several cases of vintage port from the ’60s and german wines from the ’70s, but who didn’t appreciate the need for proper storage.  He left them in a mini-storage locker with his furniture and picture albums for 12 years.  Needless to say, 12 summers took their […]

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Burgundy tasting with Mark Haisma

A Burgundy winemaker with an Australian accent?? Yep, and as San Diego Wine Storage members quickly discovered, this particular Australian makes some very good white and red Burgundy. SDWS was lucky to host Mark Haisma during his recent whirlwind tour of the West Coast.  The “micro-négociant” makes a robust line of Burgundy from AOC Bourgogne […]

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DON’T LET YOUR WINE WILT!

It’s that time of year again! Temperatures are climbing and we’re all looking forward to that first dip in the swimming pool. But as much as we like the warm weather, your wine is another story. If you’ve been collecting over the winter months and have cases stacked up in your garage or office, you […]

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WHAT A TASTING!!!

  We pulled out all the stops recently when a small group of Champagne lovers gathered at our Solana Beach facility for a night of really good Champagne and catered hors d’oeuvres. Each guest brought one bottle of exceptional Champagne to share with the group. Aura Catering then matched each bottle with a specific small […]

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Collectible wine market update

We recently came upon an article from WealthManagement.com on how the wine investment market is doing. Now that the recession is in the rear view mirror and the buying frenzy in China has calmed down, we can look to the tried and true fundamentals of investing in wine. This is a nice synopsis for anyone […]

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Wine Articles you’ll want to read

We get a lot of wine news in our inbox every morning, but one we look forward to is from The Drinks Business. Articles are well written and interesting, including two we are posting today. The first is an in-depth interview with Robert Parker titled “Larger Than Life; Profiling Robert Parker”. It’s balanced but they […]

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