I have about 3 or 4 cases of wine here at the house and many bottles sit in the cases I brought them home in. I have a couple small wine racks that I've picked up over the years that don't hold enough bottles and so I've decided to buy a wine rack that will hold my wine and grow to accommodate more wine.
But wine racks are expensive! See here at Pottery Barn I can get one 12 bottle unit for $70. Sure, they look nice stacked to hold 72 bottles but that will cost $420 if I've done the math correctly. If I already have 36 bottles I might as well invest in a rack to hold at least twice that much.
Target has a $40 rack that hold 20 bottles, so that certainly is cheaper but I'm not in love with the look. The Shoetree store has converted shoe racks to wine racks, I think, and are offering 2 racks that hold 6 bottles each for the price of $25. I'll pass. This one only holds 16 bottles but includes a drawer for your cork screw, holders for your glasses and a table top to set the open bottle on.
I know I do need a wine rack. As I collect more bottles that I'll want to save for awhile, I need a place to keep them. And I'll probably end up with a wine cooler too one of these days. But if you think wine racks are expensive, wait until I shop for the cooler!
About Me
- Susan
- Henderson, Nevada, United States
- Retired single mom whose baby is all grown up so now it is just me. Not leaving Las Vegas yet but planning and spend more time traveling and searching out good food and wine.
3 comments:
I have very plain, utilitarian wine racks in a closet for most of our wine storage, and then a smaller, nicer one that's out on a counter for all to see.
Great idea! I even have a closet I could use - if I can just empty it!
I like the Pottery Barn one (do they make anything that looks bad?). The others are ho-hum, but probably more realistic.
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