Comments on: How-To Shop for a Wine Rack: 3 Factors

By: Erika S.

Erika S. — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:43:52 +0000

Hi Matt- If you want to stain the racks yourself of course you would make sure to clear out the wine first. When you go ahead and do the staining, just make sure to not use anything oil-based.

Cheers!

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:43:56 +0000

What about stain? Is there any certain type of stain that should or shouldn’t be used? I’ve researched this topic on the internet pretty heavily but only found one website with minimal information. It said not to use stained racks as the odor can creep into the cork and ruin the wine.
I have a column wine rack that I love. I bought it from a website called Wine Rack Guru and assembled it myself. I bought it in Pine but would like to stain a little darker.
Help Please.

By: wayne anderson

wayne anderson — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:58:39 +0000

The wine rack specs do not take into account the larger bottles of sparkling wines. My current rack doesn’t accomadate the large bottles.

By: Joshua S Sweeney

Joshua S Sweeney — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:23:47 +0000

You’d also want to consider your wine-drinking habits. Are you looking to age your wine, or are you investing in wines that are of the “Drink Now – 2011″ variety? If you buy a 2008 vintage that needs a good 7 or 8 years under its belt, that spot is effectively gone from your rack till then. If you’re buying a bottle like that maybe once a month, by the time you start free-ing up space, you’ve got almost a hundred bottles collected over the long haul.

By: Liono Wine Racks

Liono Wine Racks — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:19:20 +0000

In the Material section,maybe add one thing in it:polish or natural.
Right?
Polished as general furniture can make the rack stand there for more time.

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:37:52 +0000

@Gregory You raise a great point actually. Wine should definitely be protected from excess sunlight which can cause temperature variations. I’m sorry if our glamour shot was confusing, we were trying to put the rack in the best “light”, not to suggest that wines should be stored under sunlight!

By: Brian Finstad

Brian Finstad — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:30:28 +0000

I live in a condo so needed a wine rack that wouldn’t take alot of space but large enough to hold+
my current “collection” and to fit in a particular space. I ran across a wire wine rack at C&B which fit the need. Unfortunately, the purchase a rack that holds double the number of bottles you currently have advice came too late as my three case wine rack is dwarfed by the dozen plus cases I have stashed around the condo.

By: Gregory Backstrom

Gregory Backstrom — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:19:51 +0000

You have left out where you are planning to place the wine rack. Your pretty picture shows a lovely window and lots of natural sunlight – a real enemy of proper aging due to both heat and light degradation. Having learned the lesson of looking good in the well-lit corner; a whole bunch of bottle prematurely becoming “past” their time of drinkability, I strongly suggest the sunlight and temperature issues be dealt with up front. Only then will the other three points be successsfully dealt with.