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Get Out of Your Basement and Into a Wine Room

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| Wine Enthusiast Magazine Verified
By Alia Akkam · August 31, 2026 Alia Akkam is a food, drink, travel, and design writer and author of Behind the Bar: 50 Cocktails from the World’s Most Iconic Hotels. Among the luxurious perks of residing at 53 West 53, the sculptural Midtown Manhattan tower brought to life by architect Jean Nouvel and the late interior designer Thierry Despont, is access to its temperature-controlled wine room and vault.
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8 Dreamy Home Wine Cellars You’ll Wish Were Yours

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| Wine Enthusiast Magazine Verified
By Alia Akkam · Updated: August 27, 2026 Alia Akkam is a food, drink, travel, and design writer and author of Behind the Bar: 50 Cocktails from the World’s Most Iconic Hotels. Long gone are the days of musty, no-frills wine cellars. Creating the proper environment for aging and storage, of course, remains the priority for these utilitarian spaces.
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Community Service

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| stayandgather.com
Discretion is a highly sought-after luxury, and all the better when it can be savored in the chic surroundings of a private members club. These bastions of exclusivity have long been intertwined with hospitality. Consider the still-thriving Jonathan Club in Los Angeles. Founded in 1895, it merges the Renaissance Revival-style Jonathan Town Club, conceived by architects Schulze & Weaver in 1925, and the breezy Jonathan Beach Club built in Santa Monica in 1925.
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