The Physical Evolution of a Personal Wine Cellar For most of my adult life the idea of actually having a personal wine cellar, beyond a rack in my kitchen or hall closet never really crossed my mind. In my wife and my early days we basically only had enough money to buy the bottle of […]
Why follow D’Aquila-Phillips Wine Cellar?
Wine: It’s ALL about the stories! Welcome to the very first post for the new D’Aquila-Phillips Wine Cellar, more commonly known as DP Wine Cellar, which you can find and bookmark at http://www.dpwinecellar.com website! While we have been online on Facebook and Instagram for a couple years now, we are now adding to our online […]
Our Guiding Wine Cellar Quote
As with most folks who love wine, we love good wine quotes. Social media is filled with them and tons of them are a hoot! My best half’s favorite wine quote was by the ancient Greek philosopher, and some say crazy man, Diogenes. If you know him it’s most likely for the time he spent […]
Varietal Primer: Petit Verdot
It was a cool, overcast, but at least not rainy January morning in Napa Valley. I was forced to alter my route due to downed trees down a landslide closing a portion of Silverado Road, but I had made it to my destination. The good news at that time was the five-year Napa Valley drought […]