At the eastern end of Texas Hill Country, Clayton Korte highlights a wine shop carved in the rock, where it is possible to taste wine inside a small cave. The entrance is preceded by a small courtyard and protected by oak and elm trees, and is shrouded in mystery, blending in with the landscape
Wine shop carved in the rock. Tasting wine inside a small cave
The wine cellar, designed by Clayton Korte in the wall of a limestone hill, offers a unique experience: tasting wine enclosed in a cave and completely camouflaged with the landscape around it
An existing tunnel hides a tasting room, a bar, a wine cellar and a bathroom. The cave opening is topped by a concrete portal, formed from boards that structurally preserve the entrance. The concrete is meant to further patinate with time, moss and ivy further climbing the walls, further blending into the surroundings
The interiors are clad in white oak in both raw and ebonized finishes, mixing with vertically grained Douglas fir, a warm contrast to the concrete and stone all around. Steel and wood windows separate the interiors. The latter resembles the image of "a ship in a bottle," as the project's lead architect puts it, "the wood insert components only intentionally set back from the cave walls so that the room remains adaptable."
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