Tequila in a Wine Cellar? No. Montco Tycoon Has a Room Just for His South-of-the-Border Spirits

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Image via Kyle Kielinski at The Wall Street Journal.
David Adelman's Penn Valley drinking room, specifically designed to hold and display his tequila collection.

A Wall Street Journal story by Candace Taylor reported on a residential real estate trend among those with the resources to afford them: in-home spaces to hold bottles of wine and spirits. Among those with a dedicated “drinking room” is Penn Valley billionaire David Adelman.

Adelman has been a wine collector for at least two decades. His Montgomery County mansion has its own wine cellar that holds more than 5,000 bottles.

But sometime around 2012 or so, he developed an interest (and taste) for tequila, a beverage he hadn’t consumed since his college years at Ohio State.

He found it appealing to his more mature palate.

“Tequila then versus tequila now is a very different experience,” he said. “The most expensive bottle of tequila I had in college was probably $8. Premium tequilas now can run from $100 up to $1,000 or more.”

His interest outgrew his capacity to store the liquor he was acquiring.

When friends came over and kidded him about having to “[pull] tequilas out of boxes,” he acted.

Adelman sourced some vintage barnwood from Lancaster County and, adjacent to his wine cellar, created a storage space for his tequila collection.

He refers to it as his drinking room, thanks to décor.

“It feels a little bit like a speakeasy,” Adelman commented.

More on David Adelman’s drinking room is at the Wall Street Journal.

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Want recommendations on how to store tequila without incurring the expense of a separate drinking room for it? This video has tips.

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