Working with your budget

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Le Cordon Bleu Matching Wine with Food

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2010

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Whether your home has an appropriate basement or you just have a spare corner, you will need to budget for the work required to improve the wine storage conditions. The cost depends mainly on the quantity of wine you wish to store and whether you want to do the work yourself or pay a specialist company or building contractor. Ready-made cellar solutions such as a wine-storage cabinet tend to be at a greater cost per bottle. Higher costs are also associated with better design, so if it is important for the cellar to blend in with the décor of your home, you may need to budget extra. If you do not have space inside, there are specialist companies that can help you to build a cellar in your garden or under your property, but this is often expensive.