On the Drawing Board

My first exposure to the existence of wine cellars, and for years after, my vision of what a wine cellar should be was in Edgar Allen Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado. Not to discount the great idea of bricking up one’s adversary, as described by Poe, but most of us have other reasons for building and maintaining a wine cellar. Because we enjoy good food and wine, having several choices available at a moment’s notice is the single greatest advantage [...]