One trend among wine lovers: move your collection out of the dank basement into a wine room nice enough to host a tasting or just sip and munch with friends.

But can you “cellar” age-worthy bottles upstairs? Mass produced storage systems provide the high humidity and cool temperatures that case of ’61 Margaux needs—but in an appliance that looks like a refrigerator. Not what you want next to the antique table and stuffed chairs.

So last Saturday Jason Spages called in jazz musicians, served wine, cheese and charcuterie—and showed wine room options at his Boonton shop, Vino Fine Wines (www.vinofinewines.com).

Master craftsmen Dezi Folenta and Peter Jackson brought Cella Vino cabinets from their Chatham workshop (www.springstreetdezigns.com). Inside, a digitally controlled chiller keeps bottles happy. Outside, these are pieces of fine furniture, with rich wood finishes and carvings or moldings according to a customer’s preference. Open and close a glass door: you feel the quality.

“Cellars are for storage,” Peter Jackson says. With their cabinetry, “you can sit and taste in a great space while keeping your wine optimal in a beautiful piece of furniture.”

They’re expensive pieces of furniture, starting at $9,000 for a cabinet that stores 160 bottles.  The largest one holds 640.

Also at Vino was Valerie Matthews, a Morris County interior decorator (973-335-7339) who starts with Cella Vino’s cabinetry and goes on to design the entire wine room. “It’s all about creating an ambience,” she says. “Food and wine taste better in a beautifully designed space.”

Of course, food and wine taste better when it’s… better food and wine. That’s where Jason comes in. His store specializes in accessibly priced, high quality bottlings from small producers.  

So if ’61 Margaux is not your cup of tea (a case costs as much as a high-end Cella Vino piece), Jason and his staff, Mike Oates and Sue Olsen, would love to find you an undiscovered Oregon Pinot for that wine room you’ve been thinking about. Or maybe just to pair with a steak tonight.