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AUSTRALIA'S largest wine storage business, Wine Ark, has expanded its national business with a new facility in Perth. The Perth location joins new facilities in Adelaide and Brisbane, growing its total number of sites nationwide to 10, covering most states. Wine Ark now has the capacity to house more than 5,000,000 bottles of wine. And founder Dean Taylor expects to double that within 18 months. The Perth facility at Embleton, with one in Osborne Park under construction, offers centralised storage, as well as a range of options for storing and managing wine. Wine Ark also runs regular tastings and a wine sales service of rare and collectible wines.

Certified stock

LOCAL business WineX offers a certified wine storage service, guaranteeing wine will be stored at optimum conditions. The computerised tracking system maintains a full catalogue of wine holdings, including mixed dozens. WineX also offers wine, bar and cellar accessories, as well as wholesale boxes and bags, refrigerated wine cabinets, wine racks and barrels. WineX has its own branded wine accessories, including decanters, bottle openers, wine tags, port sippers and leather bottle carriers.

Wine guard

LOCATED in Myaree in the Melville Trade Centre, Guardsman Fine Wine Storage commenced operations in 1999 and provides a purpose-built wine storage cellar for investors, retailers and individual wine enthusiasts. The wine storage facility is part of the Guardsman business, which provides storage for a wide range of goods including home goods and personal belongings, trading stocks and goods for businesses. Guardsman stores wine under precise temperature and humidity conditions between 15 and 16 degrees centigrade, with relative humidity controlled between 65 per cent and 70 per cent.