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A friend recently went to NAPA Ca. to purcahse a transporter with a 5 car trailer, witha Lotus 30 in the back.
The person he purchased from is in the following article regarding a wine cave.

PALMAZ: Hearst Castle of the Wine Country
The Xanadu of wine caves
The Palmaz caves are something altogether different. Giant eucalyptus trees herald visitors into the property. This, the Xanadu of wine caves, is something to behold, and will be worth a visit, if you can get in, when it opens sometime in late 2004. "The initial plan, was to make a complete, gravity flow facility underground," says Glen Ragsdale, Palmaz' cave builder, and owner of Ragsdale Underground Associates. The project may have gotten out of hand.

Still, seeing this incredible undertaking is like being inside the Channel while under construction. Palmaz's tunnels are being dug on four intertwined levels, with more than 140 feet between the highest and lowest levels. Palmaz is even constructing a special waste water treatment plant (as demanded by the county) to have a zero water impact on the surrounding community. This future winery, off Hagen Road, is scheduled to open in 2004, and will have 50,000 square feet entirely underground. This $25 million project will hopefully produce superlative wines. The elevator burrowing some 18 stories deep into the bedrock will be the largest (though underground) in all of Napa County.

Palmaz will also house an 8,000-square-foot car museum, complete with over 40 rare racing Porsches, all belonging to winery owner, Dr. Julio Palmaz. "This will add to the ambience," chuckles Glen Ragsdale.

The Dome Room at Palmaz is perhaps its most auspicious engineering feat. The underground space is 55 feet high and 75 feet wide, and holds 24 large fermentation tanks, the upper 12 supported on an amazing, mechanical lazy-susan type device. A computer controlled, gravity feed system drops the grapes gently into the proper tank below. When properly filled, the next tank rotates into place.

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boxstr   Vehicle storage in NAPA   Feb 27 2007, 10:51 PM
Johny Blackstain   Holy kimshi Batman! :drooley: Sounds like a ...   Feb 28 2007, 09:17 AM
Eric_Shea   Is that what Mark's going by these days? Hmm...   Feb 28 2007, 10:17 AM
balljoint   I also make wine in my basement. :) Oh, and I ...   Feb 28 2007, 10:54 AM
sww914   I also make wine in my basement. :) Oh, and I...   Feb 28 2007, 12:47 PM
jgara962   I've seen it from the outside and it looks lik...   Feb 28 2007, 03:59 PM
boxstr   Dr. Palmaz perfected the Heart Stent What is a ste...   Feb 28 2007, 09:07 PM
Johny Blackstain   Dr. Palmaz perfected the Heart Stent What is a st...   Feb 28 2007, 09:23 PM
jgara962   Dr. Palmaz perfected the Heart Stent What is a st...   Feb 28 2007, 11:02 PM
Rotten Robby   Dr. Palmaz perfected the Heart Stent What is a st...   Mar 1 2007, 10:11 AM
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Eric_Shea   :idea: Note to self: Reinvent small version of Ch...   Feb 28 2007, 10:54 PM
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