Grape Minds

An Integrated Fire
and Security System

Grape Minds is an independent, specialist wine store new to Wallingford as of September 2021. The new venture is built on the success of a flagship Summertown store, which specialises in a range alcoholic beverages from boutique cognacs to local craft ales.

With a reasonable amount of stock kept on the premises, the client required a reliable integrated fire and security system that would ensure the protection of their assets, whilst making the store as difficult to target as possible. This would incorporate a monitored intruder alarm system, a conventional fire alarm system and a high-resolution IP CCTV system. As part of the licensing condition, the CCTV cameras required the clarity for facial identification.

With ownership over a store in Summertown and a store in Wallingford (19mi apart), the client required a solution to take control over both premises on the same platform, so that the stores could be monitored in unison.

The Solution

Chris Lewis engineers installed a powerful fire and security system into the Wallingford store using the latest innovative technology from brands the likes of HikVision, Texecom, Kentec and DualCom.

This would incorporate a monitored intruder alarm system, a conventional fire alarm system and a high-resolution IP CCTV system. As a condition of the licensing agreement, the CCTV cameras needed the level of clarity to be able to identify faces.

So, as a priority, Chris Lewis Fire & Security set up external HikVision cameras linked to the video surveillance system at Grape Minds’ Summertown store, enabling remote monitoring of both locations through a single app.

The combination of these technologies resulted in a sustainable, reliable fire and security system that perfectly matched the client’s specifications, in time for their September opening.