Design Challenge:

To design an exclusive wine club in the heart of Saint Helena, offering members a hands-on winemaking experience where they can create their own label without the need for a personal facility. The club also needed to provide exceptional hospitality experiences and extensive access to a wine cave.

Physical Context:

‍Nestled into a mountainside along the Silverado Trail in Napa County, the site shares its setting with the renowned Meadowood Napa Valley, offering both prominence and seclusion.

Solution:

The project was conceived as a campus of modern yet rustic buildings, each designed to provide a distinct experience within the club’s overall function. State-of-the-art winemaking facilities feature controlled temperature zones for malolactic barrel fermentations alongside traditional tank fermentations. The campus seamlessly connects to a hillside wine cave, which serves as the heart of the project. Designed as a series of concentric circles, the cave houses wine libraries, fermentation spaces, and even a laboratory, creating a dynamic and immersive environment for members to explore and engage in the winemaking process.

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