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Keep in mind that a home wine cellar has to be planned and constructed similarly to a refrigerator if you intend on building one. This is something to keep in mind when you are planning on building one. Installing a wine cellar cooling unit in an improperly converted area will not offer you the expected benefits and may cause harm to your ceiling, walls, and most importantly, your wine. The key to successfully managing the temperature and humidity of your wine's storage environment is in properly preparing the space in which the wine will be aged. R-19 insulation and a vapor barrier are the very minimum requirements for a ceiling's insulation.If the floor is concrete, then just a vapor barrier is required, but any floor that is above ground level has to have R-19 insulation installed in addition to a vapor barrier.The side of the walls of your wine cellar that is warmer should be the side where you put the vapor barrier. For the most impressive results, I suggest that you use a plastic sheeting that is 6 or even 8 millimeters thick. Installing insulation is the next step after putting up the vapor barrier. In the event that it is not feasible to place the vapor barrier on the outside of the building, the plastic should be erected within the subterranean room. Typically, one should cover the whole inside, but one should leave the plastic sheeting free in the stud cavities so that insulation may be added between the studs. This allows one to wrap the complete interior. Keep in mind that a plastic vapor barrier has to be stretched around all of the walls and the ceiling for the effect to be complete.