Goals & Needs Program:

• A unique retail wine store where the customer can make his/her own wine, bottle it, design labels, cork their own special creation as well as relax, taste and purchase.
• Create an inviting environment to the customer.
• To make D’Vine Wines – “Your Personal Winery”
• Create unique space specifically designed to recall the aged beauty of wines that can only be achieved through “D’Vine” planning.

• Transform the interior of a non-descript storefront office into an appropriate atmosphere for distinctively different operations: wine fermentation and production, wine tasting and private parties as well as a retail space.
• Down play a 14” floor level change, and make it ADA accessible.

• Evoke the ambiance of an aged winery in the country side.
• Create a fun and whimsical atmosphere.

• The floor was overlaid with a light-weight concrete and stained to create a unique colorful design. Upon entry, stained concrete wine bottle image on the floor with a label that displays the name of the business. This image relates the exterior sidewalk to the interior space, thus inviting the pedestrian passerby. A meandering ”spill” of wine flows out of the top of the bottle over to the bar area, thus making a visual connection from the entry to the welcoming bar stools.
• A large synthetic stone veneer archway creates the feeling of a barrel-vaulted wine cellar, and makes a distinction between the wine tasting and wine processing area beyond.
• The existing ceiling was painted a dark brown to give it the visual heaviness of a cellar. Drywall arcades plastered with rough stucco created alcoves for cabinetry, shelving, and in one area, a framework for a large mural of the Tuscan landscape.
• A large faux stone bar top, made of concrete was an economical, yet convincing, custom creation in lieu of real stone.
• Custom designed stained wood wine racks and retail display shelving along the entire south wall, as well as iron accents, wine barrels, and wooden stools complete the wine cellar motif.
• The electrical layout was designed for whimsical mood lighting of the space by means of a large swooping monorail track with low voltage lighting. Two large ceiling fans with an internally lit grape motif are incorporated into the monorail layout.