Wines stored with a bang?

A 40 hectare second World War munitions bunker has been bought by wine storage company London City Bond. This gives the company an additional 160,000 to 180,000 case capacity for storing fine wine. The site in Dinton Woods near Salisbury is in addition to their storage Vinotheque warehouse in the Midlands, which holds 550,000 cases.

The bunker includes 15 vaults with reinforced concrete walls, surrounded by a three-metre-high perimeter fence.The size of the vaults vary in size from 280 to 580 square metres.Individual investors or companies will have the option of taking a complete vault and kitting it out to suit their particular needs.