Subterraneum Private Wine Storage

Rates are excellent here, and it’s great that it’s in the heart of Oakland. Joe has been very easy to work with, and you can tell he’s on top of everything.
The facilities are top notch, and they have everything you need to keep your wine well-​stored.

This place is great. Have a small collection of about 30 cases of wine and have most in another storage facility, but retrieving my wine is difficult as they are not open on weekends and they require 48 hours minimum to pull your juice. Joe is down to earth, his prices are very reasonable and he is around until 6 Wed-​Fri and until 5 on Saturday. Even better, parking is very easy and he’s always accessible if you have a question. Great customer service. He’s currently working on building a tasting room in the back. He has been in the business for more than 20 years, so I have every confidence in him and in Subterraneum. I am planning on moving the rest of my wine here from the other storage site. Great job Joe.

Happy to agree with other reviews here that Subterraneum is excellent. Joe runs the place extremely well and looks after his clients. The place is secure and very well set up. I have been using Joe’s service for at least 15 years and have seen his business grow through two moves to larger, better facilities. Storage away from home has the added advantage that you don’t pop open that second (or third) ’61 on Saturday night because the last one tasted so good! Highly recommend.

I’ve been a client since ~1997−1998. The facility itself is wonderful… great temperature and humidity that’s well-​controlled. I first brought my collection here when the Bay Area was having rolling brown outs with electricity. This facility was formerly an ice-​cream factory, so its well-​insulated to stay cool no matter what. I’ve downsized my collection over the years, becoming less of a collector and more of a drinker. My wine has aged beautifully at this facility. And of course, Joe and his crew are wonderful. Great customer service. A thoughtful owner who cares about his clients and their inventory. And the rates are good, too. Highly recommend.

Joe is the best. Also a former client for a number of reasons but would go back in a second. HIghly recommended

I am writing this as someone who formerly stored my wine at both of Joe’s Subterraneum locations.
I was one of his first clients at the Bekins building (a long time ago) and moved my collection to the Filbert Street venue when that become available. My experience at each location was first-​rate, both with the facility and the proprietor/​owner himself. Given the ideal storage conditions, my wine aged perfectly over the years. I continue to drink what’s left of the collection and from time to time auction some of the rest. Throughout the years, I’ve been confident of the wine’s health and drinkability, as attested to by its taste all these years later.
For those wondering: I am a former client only because I downsized my collection (during a divorce) from approximately 1,000 bottles to the point I can store what remains (20 cases) in a home storage unit. It was with great reluctance that I stopped storing my wine there. The rates were very affordable and the conditions ideal. Joe is a very knowledgeable, terrific guy who always made himself available to help me. I feel like I lost a friend as well as my wine guru when I left. I would highly recommend this facility to anyone who cares enough about his/​her wines to store them properly.

There is one major problem with Subterraneum. There is no limit to the wine you can buy and store. Excellent service, temperature and facility.
Our 700 bottle wine cabinet quit on a hot day. We carried 700 bottles to the basement from the backyard, and then had to carry it back. At least we know that won’t happen with Joe and Subterraneum.

Folks, if ya got lots of wine, you’ll need to talk to Joe and put your real good stuff at his wine storage. It’s a giant warehouse in a middle of residential, on Filbert Street. The entire place is air conditioned to the optimum wine storage temperature and either Joe is there or someone else is there all the time.
He has a big board room type space you can host a ghetto wine tasting, if you want, and there are many spaces (second story with an access with a rolling staircase is what you get if you don’t have 30 cases of wine. Once you start accumulating, you can get upgraded to the ground floor with a power jack to store your wine on a custom built wine shelving on a pallet.
I just feel safe that I would never have a «wine accident» when your wine refridge craps out and all of your $$$ wine goes down the drain.