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Wine Apartment - New Apartment Block Built for Wine Lovers

  • A temperature-controlled wine cellar space in the basement is seen during a press preview at the Wine Apartment in Tokyo. Monthly rents for the apartments of 42 to 46 square metres (452 to 495 square feet) run from 239,000 yen to 258,000 yen ($2,400 to $2,600), about 30 percent above the market price in the area.
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    Wine Apartment

    A temperature-controlled wine cellar space in the basement is seen during a press preview at the Wine Apartment in Tokyo. Monthly rents for the apartments of 42 to 46 square metres (452 to 495 square feet) run from 239,000 yen to 258,000 yen ($2,400 to $2,600), about 30 percent above the market price in the area.
    REUTERS
  • A temperature-controlled wine cellar space is seen in the basement during a press preview at the Wine Apartment in Tokyo. "Tokyo is a unique market for wine lovers," said Takayuki Suzuki, the president of property developer Inovv Inc. "They do not just enjoy drinking wine but also have academic interest in wine. Wine schools are always busy here. That is why I am seeing potential for a property like this."
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    Wine Apartment

    A temperature-controlled wine cellar space is seen in the basement during a press preview at the Wine Apartment in Tokyo. "Tokyo is a unique market for wine lovers," said Takayuki Suzuki, the president of property developer Inovv Inc. "They do not just enjoy drinking wine but also have academic interest in wine. Wine schools are always busy here. That is why I am seeing potential for a property like this."
    REUTERS
  • A sign is seen at the entrance to an apartment block called Wine Apartment in Tokyo. Tenants pay a monthly storage charge of about 20,000 yen to put up to 300 bottles in the wine cellar and can pay extra for larger collections. A sommelier will visit the building on weekends to advise residents on how to pair food with wine and can be hired by the hour for parties.
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    Wine Apartment

    A sign is seen at the entrance to an apartment block called Wine Apartment in Tokyo. Tenants pay a monthly storage charge of about 20,000 yen to put up to 300 bottles in the wine cellar and can pay extra for larger collections. A sommelier will visit the building on weekends to advise residents on how to pair food with wine and can be hired by the hour for parties.
    REUTERS
  • Wine glasses from the Wine Apartment's collection of 100 different types of classy wine glasses, which residents can borrow, are displayed at the entrance of the apartment in Tokyo. One tenant, who owns a winery in New Zealand called Osawa Wines, plans to use the space as his office and a tasting room for customers.
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    Wine Apartment

    Wine glasses from the Wine Apartment's collection of 100 different types of classy wine glasses, which residents can borrow, are displayed at the entrance of the apartment in Tokyo. One tenant, who owns a winery in New Zealand called Osawa Wines, plans to use the space as his office and a tasting room for customers.
    REUTERS
  • Tomonori Kakita, a sommelier-cum-concierge, demonstrates how to serve wine. Residents at Wine Apartment wanting to play with how they present their plonk can borrow glasses from a collection of 100 types displayed in the lobby. Each has a different shape - some with Japanese Kutani porcelain in the stem - and a sommelier will help to choose the best glass for the type of grape, production area and vintage.
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    Wine Apartment

    Tomonori Kakita, a sommelier-cum-concierge, demonstrates how to serve wine. Residents at Wine Apartment wanting to play with how they present their plonk can borrow glasses from a collection of 100 types displayed in the lobby. Each has a different shape - some with Japanese Kutani porcelain in the stem - and a sommelier will help to choose the best glass for the type of grape, production area and vintage.
    REUTERS
  • A visitor looks out from the room's balcony during a press preview at the Wine Apartment in Tokyo.
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    Wine Apartment

    A visitor looks out from the room's balcony during a press preview at the Wine Apartment in Tokyo.
    REUTERS
  • Wataru Iwamoto, a sommelier-cum-concierge, demonstrates how to serve wine inside a room during a press preview at the Wine Apartment in Tokyo.
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    Wine Apartment

    Wataru Iwamoto, a sommelier-cum-concierge, demonstrates how to serve wine inside a room during a press preview at the Wine Apartment in Tokyo.
    REUTERS
  • Tomonori Kakita, a sommelier-cum-concierge, demonstrates how to serve wine during a press preview at Wine Apartment in Tokyo.
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    Wine Apartment

    Tomonori Kakita, a sommelier-cum-concierge, demonstrates how to serve wine during a press preview at Wine Apartment in Tokyo.
    REUTERS
  • Table decorations are seen inside a room during a press preview at Wine Apartment in Tokyo.<br><br>
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    Wine Apartment

    Table decorations are seen inside a room during a press preview at Wine Apartment in Tokyo.

    REUTERS
A temperature-controlled wine cellar space in the basement is seen during a press preview at the Wine Apartment in Tokyo. Monthly rents for the apartments of 42 to 46 square metres (452 to 495 square feet) run from 239,000 yen to 258,000 yen ($2,400 to $2,600), about 30 percent above the market price in the area.
A temperature-controlled wine cellar space is seen in the basement during a press preview at the Wine Apartment in Tokyo. "Tokyo is a unique market for wine lovers," said Takayuki Suzuki, the president of property developer Inovv Inc. "They do not just enjoy drinking wine but also have academic interest in wine. Wine schools are always busy here. That is why I am seeing potential for a property like this."
A sign is seen at the entrance to an apartment block called Wine Apartment in Tokyo. Tenants pay a monthly storage charge of about 20,000 yen to put up to 300 bottles in the wine cellar and can pay extra for larger collections. A sommelier will visit the building on weekends to advise residents on how to pair food with wine and can be hired by the hour for parties.
Wine glasses from the Wine Apartment's collection of 100 different types of classy wine glasses, which residents can borrow, are displayed at the entrance of the apartment in Tokyo. One tenant, who owns a winery in New Zealand called Osawa Wines, plans to use the space as his office and a tasting room for customers.
Tomonori Kakita, a sommelier-cum-concierge, demonstrates how to serve wine. Residents at Wine Apartment wanting to play with how they present their plonk can borrow glasses from a collection of 100 types displayed in the lobby. Each has a different shape - some with Japanese Kutani porcelain in the stem - and a sommelier will help to choose the best glass for the type of grape, production area and vintage.
A visitor looks out from the room's balcony during a press preview at the Wine Apartment in Tokyo.
Wataru Iwamoto, a sommelier-cum-concierge, demonstrates how to serve wine inside a room during a press preview at the Wine Apartment in Tokyo.
Tomonori Kakita, a sommelier-cum-concierge, demonstrates how to serve wine during a press preview at Wine Apartment in Tokyo.
Table decorations are seen inside a room during a press preview at Wine Apartment in Tokyo.<br><br>
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For those who have trouble finding the space to store big wine collections, the new apartment block in Japan with an in-house cellar and a visiting sommelier could be the perfect place to live.

The aptly named Wine Apartment, a 10-storey building in Tokyo's posh Shibuya district, features a temperature- and humidity-controlled room in the basement for 10,000 bottles. Each of the 18 units comes with a wine fridge for 26 bottles and a rack for glasses.