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Concept

A 'wine cave': an underground wine cellar, a ground-floor wine bar and bistro, and an on-site sommelier as a wine concierge. We create the rental apartments, designed exclusively for wine lovers.

A 'wine cave'
An underground wine cellar. We stick to recreate the cave-like air environment, such as European Chateau.
A wine bar and bistro
A casual dining bistro, SHINSEN ENDORISABURO-SHOTEN opens on the first floor, a branch of Tokyo’s top bistro . The residents can enjoy preferential treatments such as room service and the hot meal delivery for the parties in the living room.
A 'private sommelier'
Supporting a rich variety of wine life by an exclusive sommelier of Max Bordeaux Roppongi.
***The service contents may change. The photograph serves as an image.

Partners : Realization for the Wine Apartment

General Producer
BWB Japan Inc.
(Bordeaux Winebank, Japan)
http://bwbjapan.com/
The biggest negotiant of Bordeaux
MaxBordeauxRoppongi
(Max Bordeaux/Wine Gallery & Cellar)
http://maxbordeaux.jp/
A 'private sommelier' of Max Bordeaux Roppongi

BWBJapanMaxBordeauxRoppongi

BWB Japan Inc.:
Established in June 2011 as the Japanese branch of the Bordeaux Winebank, the biggest negotiant(wine merchant) of Bordeaux France. Management of "Max Bordeaux/Wine Gallery & Cellar Roppongi", a wine bar serving the finest grand vin by the glass, and "Private Collector Club Japan" selling the vintage Bordeaux wine by cases for members only. In the Wine Apartment, we do full participation of the launch and offer services for producing and implementing a private sommelier.


Max Bordeaux/Wine Gallery & Cellar Roppongi: a biotope for wine lovers.

Fashionably innovative style of enjoying grand vin by the glass.

"Chateau Lafleur de Quinsac" owned by Bordeaux Winebank in Bordeaux France.

Henning Thoresen, CEO, Bordeaux Winebank.
Consultant:
Hiroshi Ishida
A brand-new community for wine

The innovative ideas are reflected on every aspect of the Wine Apartment as one of the country's top sommeliers, a customer service professional with rich experiences at exquisite restaurants, and more than anything, a wine lover. Creating an enriched wine community pursuing every wine lover's fantasy, as well as comfortable and user-friendly.

Hiroshi Ishida

Hiroshi Ishida

Profile

1990Hotel New Otani
1994Restaurant LA TOUR D' ARGENT
1996The winner of Japan Best Sommelier Competition
2000The 3rd winner of World's Best Sommelier Competition
2004Dining Manager, BEIGE ALAIN DUCASSE TOKYO
2008General Manager, BEIGE ALAIN DUCASSE TOKYO
2010Director of Technology Research Council, Japan Sommelier Association
2010Technical Excellence Award, Governor of Tokyo (Tokyo Meister)
2011Feb Chief Sommelier, RESTAURANT-I(Jingumae)
2011Aug Executive Chef and Beverage Adviser, Hotel Nikko Tokyo(Daiba)
2011 NovContemporary Master Craftsman Award, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare(an excellent skill)
Lectures, writing, consulting, education activities…and more.
Book "Value for Money 301 Carefully Selected Wine" (Kodansha)
OPENERS BLOG 'Sommelier's Note'http://h-ishida.blog.openers.jp/

Editorial-supervision meeting for the Wine Apartment

Ideas flow just like a fountain

A wine cellar of Restaurant-I

Restaurant-I
http://www.restaurant-i.jp/
Architect/Design Supervisor
Keiji Ashizawa
Design for lifestyle with wine

Designs the entire Wine Apartment. A custom-built house, apartment renovation, stores, multifamily housing, furniture design…etc. Plays an active part in various areas and highly evaluated at home and abroad. One of the most remarkable young architects now. From 3.11, has established a studio "Ishinomaki Laboratory", a core of regional collaboration, revival and manufacturing as a management representative. His forte is creating an extensive space with a flow of light and air with details of resistance and beauty. His sincere attitude and flexible imaginations enable him to design the Wine Apartment.

Keiji Ashizawa

Profile

1996Graduated from Department of Architecture, Yokohama National University
1996-2002architecture WORKSHOP
2002-2004super robot
2005-Keiji Ashizawa Design Co., Ltd.
2011-Representative, Ishinomaki Laboratory
AWARD:
GOOD DESIGN AWARD : NOKI
JID DESIGN AWARD : PARABOLA LIGHT
National Architecture Awards: IN AUSTRALIA
Grand Prix Semi-Modern Living Award: House-S
Keiji Ashizawa Design Co., Ltd. http://www.keijidesign.com/

House-S(2011)
©DAICI ANO

1001(2011)
©TAKUMI OTA

SKYCOURT(2010)
©TAKUMI OTA

Ishinomaki Laboratory
http://ishinomaki-lab.org/
'Wine Cave' System Design
PS Company Ltd.
Create 'living' air for wine

An underground wine cellar is the heart of the Wine Apartment. We bring in a wine cellar system of PS Company Ltd., famous for developing innovative air-conditioning system, in order to stick to air quality environment for wine. The wine gets cooled directly by natural convection and radiation from the radiator (PS HR-C) that circulates cold water. Also, by chilled storage mechanism of walls and floors around keep cool inside the wine cellar.Since there is no forced convection of cold air, such as an air conditioner, without worrying about air and noise, vibration and dirt from the fan, we can create an environment friendly to people even wine. This environment is like a wine cellar in the Chateau of Europe that wine aging while breathing through the cork as a "creature" and stored for a long time.

Takehisa Hirayama

Profile

1982 Graduated from Department of Industrial Engineering, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, USA
PS Company Ltd.
1984 Tokyo Head Office Director, PS Company Ltd.
Marketing, importing, sales, marketing manager, planning director…etc
Participating the joint study of research and development in UK, Switzerland, Germany, Korea and Japanese Universities.
1998 1998 CEO, PS Company Ltd.
PS Company Ltd. http://www.ps-group.co.jp/

Maintaining the wine temperature 14-16℃.

Intriguingly, the air itself does not get too cold.

Environment-friendly for wine and people.

A cave-like environment such as stable temperature and humidity without any fear of wind and sound.

Softservice

Born in Shinsen, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan in early autumn 2013 The Wine Apartment

Private Sommelier Service

Your concierge is your own personal sommelier. He coordinates and follows the procedure such as the individual meeting, site tour and contract. After moving-in, he supports premium wine life by selecting a bottle of wine, planning and arranging parties, coordinating wine glasses and decanters on-call as well as managing the wine cave. The Wine Apartment offers some exclusive services for owners and their guests such as weekend wine café, wine events, and sommelier catering service on request. In addition, the wine concierge provides the hotline service in order to offer attentive services matched each resident’s personal taste and situations. It allows him to play an original role as a sommelier, protecting his master’s wine.

Wine Counseling Service
Services to ensure the residents enjoy the best state of wine by keeping appropriate temperature at a specified time and decanting when required.
Weekend Wine Café/Welcome Wine
All residents and their guests can enjoy complimentary welcome wine or complimentary welcome sparkling wine on weekends. (1 glass/person)
Coordinating THE Wine Glass
The wine concierge selects the best wine glass suited for each owner’s taste and wine from a collection of 100 kinds of the finest wine glasses upon request.
Wine Parties Hosted by Private Sommelier (*)
Monthly wine tasting salon hosted by an on-site sommelier is available with a membership fee. The owners along with their friends and families can participate.
Supporting the Private Parties (*)
For wine events and private parties sponsored by the tenants, wine glasses, decanters and other wine-related items with cleaning services are available for rent. A partner bistro on the ground floor can serve fully catered dishes and ice. Other wine experts may be invited, as well.
Sommelier Catering Service (*)
The wine connoisseur adds the professional touch by opening wine and explaining the products for the parties and wine events in the premium living room.
The wine connoisseur adds the professional touch by opening wine and explaining the products for the parties and wine events in the premium living room.
The duties include checking overall environment, temperature and humidity in the wine cave. Visual inspections of the hygrometer/thermometer control equipment in the wine cave and data check.
Note: In general, we do NOT keep individual booth keys. We use the waiting booth inside the cave for keeping courier services and opening and shipping wine bottles.
Sommelier Hotline Service
As a wine concierge, professional consultations by email and SNS on a daily basis are available for all owners. Introducing the best wine and sending out the news via global network system with partners, such as BWB Japan, Berry Bros.&Rudd(BB&R), and Premium Wine Co., Ltd.. Setting up a database of wines for individual owners (*) and facilitating participation in the famous auction sites such as Christie’s (*). Your private sommelier will be around to support all services.

(*) …services based on a fee without (*)…complimentary

  • BWBJapan
    BWB Japan: Japan branch of Bordeaux Winebank, the biggest Bordeaux wine negotiant(wine merchant) based in Bordeaux France.
    http://bwbjapan.com/
  • BerryBros.&Rud
    Berry Bros. & Rudd(BB&R): Britain’s oldest wine and spirit merchant, having traded from the same shop on 3 St. James Street, London for over 300 years.
    http://www.bbr.co.jp/
  • PremiumWine
    Premium Wine Co., Ltd.:Wine investment consulting company.
    http://premiumwine.co.jp/

PRIVATE SOMMELIER
Working days: 11AM-8PM every Saturday, the 1st, 3rd, 5th Sundays.
(Except seasonal vacations.)
  • ・* Fee-based services: a membership fee or actual cost.
  • ・In principal, services except Sommelier Hotline Service and Sommelier Catering Service
    provided on the dates above, but also available at an additional cost upon request.
  • ・General manager of the apartment building and cleaning staff dispatched separately.

Winecave

Born in Shinsen, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan in early autumn 2013 The Wine Apartment
WineCave
The wine gets cooled directly by natural convection and radiation from the radiator (PS HR-C) that circulates cold water. Also, by chilled storage mechanism of walls and floors around keep cool inside the wine cellar. Since there is no forced convection of cold air, such as an air-conditioning, without worrying about air, noise, vibration and dirt from the fan, we can create environment friendly to people even wine. This environment is like a wine cellar in the Chateau of Europe that wine aging while breathing through the cork as a “creature” and stored for a long time.
WineCave Specifications
Deluxe Large Fine
Size
(Inside dimensions) mm
WIDE 1,210 1,210 970
DEPTH 420 420 420
HEIGHT 2,319 2,189 2,319
Vertical Storage
(bottles/shelves) *maximum capacity
348/6 344/6 276/6
Horizontal Storage 264/12 244/11 168/12
Number of Shelves 2-12 2-11 2-12

* Estimated by a “Bordeaux” type bottle: 7.8cm X H30cm
* For Rent, please visit the Members Only Site.

Open 24 hours 365 days.
Storage Horizontal, vertical and box wine storage. Customize wine cellar by removing the shelf board.
System PS HR-C
Temperature 13-15℃. *The air gets 1-2℃ higher than the temperature of the wine itself due to the characteristics of radiative cooling.
Humidity 65-70%
Security Tie-up with the security company: security surveillance cameras, elevator locks, security locks at the cave entrance and each compartment.
Insurance Covered by designated fire insurance upon signing the contract.
In case of a blackout there is a generator for spare power supply.
In case of any malfunction in the hygrometer/thermometer control equipment and other machines, the management company comes to fix. (Cooperate with the security company.)

*Subject to change.

Plan

Born in Shinsen, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan in early autumn 2013 The Wine Apartment Studio apartments exclusively designed for wine lovers to enjoy a glass of wine.

Btype

Atype

Amenities
Wine cellar Casual type-26 bottles by Forster Japan.
Wine glass storage Capable of housing 36 glasses with glass doors.
Kitchen The 3 Burner Gas Stove and a built-in microwave oven.
Internet Optical fiber.
TV Terrestrial Broadcasting, BS, and CS.
Air-conditioning 1 Air-conditioning.
Bath room Prefabricated bath with reheating system.
Toilet Toilet seat with bidet functions.

*Subject to change.

Outline

NameWine Apartment
Location11-9 Shinsen-cho Shibuya-ku Tokyo
Nearest station4 min by walk from “Shinsen” Station, Keio Inokashira Line
Ground area187.74㎡
StructureReinforced concrete
Scale10-story building/basement level 1
Available units for rent18 apartments
Dwelling unit for private use42.01-45.60㎡
Rent239,000-258,000 yen
Maintenance fees20,000yen
Security Deposit1 month
Gift Money2 months
AGENT FEEFree
Contract terms2 years. (Lease Agreement Renewal.)
Insurance companyTaking out insurance designated by the lessor is mandatory. (Initial upfront costs: 40% of rent and management expenses, 1.2% of rent and management expenses/month.)
Fire insuranceTaking out fire insurance specified by the lessor is mandatory.
UseResidence.
{Office use (SOHO) to be arranged with security deposits of 2 months' rent.}
PetsPermitted. (Security deposits: 2 months’ rent.)
Bicycle1 bicycle/household, 300 yen/month (Parking in a designated bicycle rack only.)
Architect/Design supervisionKeiji Ashizawa Design Co., Ltd
Ready for occupancyEnd of September, 2013
*Dates are subject to change without notice.
DeveloperInovv Inc.
Contact
Inovv Inc.
Address:Sanritz Mitsuiseimei Building 1F
1-30-13 Narimasu Itabashi-ku Tokyo, Japan 175-0094
Tel:+81 (0)3-5967-2170 (BWBJapan Inc.)
e-mail:wa_s@inovv.jp
Realty Business License, Governor of Tokyo (1) No.93736

Location

It is only few steps away…
To "Shinsen Station", Keio Inokashira Line 290m 4 min on foot
To Shibuya Mark City 500m 6 min on foot
To Tokyu Department Store, Shibuya/Bunkamura 700m 9 min on foot
To TSUTAYA, Daikanyama 1km 12 min on foot

Entrepreneur Background

  • Inovv
  • Inovv Inc. The Wine Apartment Project is a new business model by Inovv Inc., a lifestyle-oriented innovator in the real estate business.

The company name "integrity & innovation" in mind we build a brand new platform of an integrated operation; not only achieving a transformation of the business model and attracted customers, but also entire team aiming to accomplish the ideal lifestyle, in realty project planning, attracting customers and management. Since 1974, Inovv Inc. has deployed apartment management focused on community-based in the Tokyo metropolitan area along the Tobu Tojo Line, proposed the effective use and development planning apartments armed with unique concepts, wine and music, at the same time, an on-site nurse as a building manager.

Inovv Inc. http://inovv.jp/

MUSISION

Series of MUSISION: You can play music for 24 hours.
Planning and development for MUSISION KAWAGOE as the first stage,we supervise total 6 apartments.
http://www.musision.jp/

NURSE-NA-KANRININ AINASU

Introducing a newly innovative service and removing a preconception for an apartment manager: Tender care for management of a day-to-day health and body temperature as a nurse concierge. Being developed mainly in the Tokyo downtown area.
http://www.nurse-na-kanrinin.com/

CONSTRUCTION & RENOVATION

Implementing a large scale of apartment renovation and new construction work as the first class architect office. Making suggestions focused on the resident's lifestyle as the developer.
http://inovv.jp/lineup/#repair
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e-mail:wa_s@inovv.jp

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