I could swear I’ve seen this before, quite possibly in Decanter magazine, but many thanks to our good friends Manic Mammy and Donal Cahalane for giving me the heads up when Springwise.com (great site by the way) featured an article on the spiral cellars.

These state-of-the-art wine cellars are being installed by a UK based company (spiralcellars.co.uk) in the homes of those with a taste for long lived wine and, very importantly, a big enough wallet. Prices start at £9,200 - maybe a drop in the ocean for some, but in all fairness, it a pretty cool product.

The mini cellar will take 650 bottles, with the white spiral cellar able to hold almost 1,900. The watertight storage spaces can be sunk into the ground and they have a powerless airflow system which maintains a constant temperature.

As soon as I win the lottery…