First published 12 Nov 2026, 4:00am
It’s a wine lover’s dream, says Place agent Dion Tolley
Step inside this luxury Brisbane home and you could be forgiven for thinking you have wandered into the cold room of your neighbourhood bottle shop.
The five-bedroom house at 50 Palm Ave, Holland Park West comes with a commercial-grade 4,000-bottle cellar featuring towering metal mesh shelving in a striking hue that sits right between luxury French Champagne and a local BWS.
With its fluorescent strip lighting, timber Penfolds crates and cardboard cases stacked across the floor, the space holds more than enough tipple to fuel a party of any size.
Owner Annabelle Simon said the industrial orange fit-out was a deliberate nod to Veuve Clicquot.
The cellar could give your local bottle shop a run for its money
The lawyer and company director initially planned a modest cellar off the garage, until excavation work accidentally opened up a cavernous void.
“They said, ‘You could use this for storage,’ and I thought, ‘We already have heaps of storage.’ Then I looked at it and went, ‘Actually, that could be a really good wine cellar,’” Ms Simon said.
Standard black racks were quickly dismissed in favour of a familiar statement shade.
“I said, ‘Is there a chance I can have Veuve orange?’ And they replied, ‘We can do any colour you want’,” she said.
50 Palm Ave, Holland Park West is going under the hammer
Luxury perks include a tennis court and a pool
The refrigerated room was fitted with commercial insulation, a Fondis humidity control system, and custom steel racks holding 1,400 standard bottles and 48 magnums, with surplus floor capacity pushing the total stash beyond 4,000 bottles.
Getting the grog upstairs requires zero heavy lifting: an integrated dumbwaiter connects all three levels of the Craig Webster-designed home.
Perched on an 1,864 sqm parcel with 180-degree city skyline views, the property also has a full-sized tennis court, swimming pool, solid blackbutt flooring, and a Miele-appointed Caesarstone kitchen.
The house was designed by Monster Ideas Architects
It has five bedrooms and three bathrooms
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Place Bulimba selling agent Dion Tolley said the home offered a scale of recreation and entertaining rarely found so close to the CBD.
“With room for more than 4,000 bottles, choosing the house might be easier than choosing what to open,” Mr Tolley said.
Ms Simon, who purchased the site 21 years ago after returning from London, is downsizing now her adult daughters live on the Gold Coast and in Melbourne.
Buyers also have the option to snap up the neighbouring 612 sqm block at 46 Palm Ave to expand the holding.
The home goes under the hammer at noon on November 28.
The expansive 1,864 sqm parcel has elevated city views
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