Pick up the July issue of Decanter magazine!  Domaine Chicago’s Christopher Klingenstein discusses importing and storing wine in the US with Richard Woodward in a series on provenance titled “The Weakest Link”.  The print version is out now, and we’ll post a link as soon as it goes live on their site.

Join us for Domaine Chicago’s first BYO at 5pm Thursday, June 17!  Stop in any time after 5pm to share a Rhone Varietal and enjoy some BBQ from Smoke Daddy.

We’re already putting bottles aside for the event.  On the docket so far: ‘95 Rayas Fonsallette, ‘93 Chapoutier Hermitage Blanc D’Loree in Magnum, ‘88 Rayas Pignan, 2003 SQN Papa, 2004 SQN Into The Dark and 2001 Chave Hermitage Rouge.

Bring a friend!

Domaine Chicago is excited to begin hosting events in our tasting room and lounge! Inquire now about our upcoming schedule.

On Monday April 26th, Dom Perignon and Domaine Wine Storage will host an intimate multi-vintage tasting featuring Dom Perignon Vintage 2000, Dom Perignon OEnotheque 1995 and Dom Perignon Rose Vintage 1998.  Wine Maker Vincent Chaperon will lead the tasting and each guest is being sent home with a botle of 2000 DP for their cellar.

On Thursday April 28th, Jason Alexander from  Meteor Vineyard in Napa will be hosting a cocktail party featuring their wonderful selections.

Please contact Christopher Klingenstein at 773.252.3300 or christopher@domainewinestorage.com for more information and a private tour.

Superior value is delivered once again! Cellar Advisors just swept the east coast, servicing 6 clients in 7 days. We delivered 1200 refrigerated bottles from California to upstate New York, then cataloged and organized the bottles for less than the cost of UPS Ground!

Cellar Advisors mobilized our disaster service recently for a new client whose home was severely damaged by fire.  His 3500 bottle collection in the basement was unharmed, but the loss of electricity caused cellar temperatures to begin rising towards 70 degrees .  We provided a refrigerated truck and all supplies to move the entire collection in one day.  The wine is now inventoried, organized and securely stored in our warehouse for the foreseeable future.

In the first quarter of 2009, we have completed 3 storage audits for clients who have most of their collections in off-site storage. As an independent third party, we reviewed purchase and storage records and visited the storage facilities to verify that the inventory was accurate. Some of the wine we inspected had not been seen by the owner for over 10 years!

We were recently called in to inventory and pack a 9000 bottle cellar that needed to be liquidated with great speed. We provided manpower and supplies to build 14 pallets of wine and promptly found an appropriate market and managed the delivery and sale of the parcel.

We have recently completed consulting on the construction of an elaborate, multi-room, 2500 square foot cellar.  As construction finished, we also coordinated the delivery of nearly 10,000 bottles from multiple vendors and storage facilities.  Every bottle is now safely in the cellar and fully integrated with Cellartracker.

Cellar Advisors consults on the development and launch of the first direct-to-consumer wine insurance products. Please contact us for more details of this revolutionary product.