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How To
Choose
Wine Racks
The objective of wine racks is to carry
bottles securely in a horizontal position, in as dense
an arrangement as possible.
It is important for bottles sealed with corks to be laid
down to keep the cork moist. Bottles with screw caps can
be stored standing upright but generally this is less
space-efficient.
Wine racks can be created from individual cells of timber, steel or
plastic, simple shelving or bins.
Individual wine racking is the most convenient for selecting
bottles. Some wine racks can cause damage to bottle labels;
designs vary in bottle density; price variations are
more to do with aesthetics than efficiency. If you have
racks against only one wall of a
wine closet you may still have floor or shelf space available
for wines that you purchase by the case.
Bins carrying 12 or 24 bottles are ideal when large
numbers of the same wine are being stored but the
resident bottles can be susceptible to destruction if
subjected to earthquake movement.
Diamond cubes and rectangular wine bins can be useful
for storing wine bought by the case, however, as you
drink your way down through the bin you will create more
and more wasted space. Mixing different wines within a
bin will lead to constant disturbance, as you have to
move the wines on top to see which wines are stored
below!
Wherever possible, use single depth wine racks. Racking
which carries bottles two deep can lead to difficulty in
finding some wines and unnecessary disturbance of wines
moved to reach the wines behind.
As a rough guide each square meter of wine racking will carry
100 bottles.
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