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Wine Racks - A Guide To Home Wine Storage
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By Caroline Smith
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Home wine racks are specially designed for storing bottles ofwines in a horizontal position, to help preserve the quality ofthe wine. Storing your bottles in a wine rack is a great way toprevent the corks from drying out. If this happens, the cork canshrink and let air in, resulting in oxidization, which willspoil the taste. Wine storage racks usually have separatecompartments for holding individual bottles, allowing gapsbetween each one to allow air to circulate. Ideally, winesshould be kept at a consistent temperature of around 55 degreesfarenheit, with a relative humidity of 70%, away from light.
If your wine collection is growing rapidly and you don't have awine cellar, then there is a huge choice of wine racking that'sdesigned for home use. If you'd like to keep a few everydaybottles within easy reach, then wall mounted wine racks offer asolution. This type of rack is hung on the wall, which savesspace, and allows you to always have a couple of bottles ondisplay. Often, these racks come with built-in stemware holders,so you can conveniently keep your glasses in the same place.Wall wine racks are generally pretty cheap to buy, at around$40-$50.
Other types of rack include compact designs to fit on a countertop, or stackable towers to place on the floor, whose capacitycan grow to meet your storage needs. Wooden wine racks are verypopular, made from all sorts of wood, including pine, oak ormahogany. For a more contemporary look, a metal wine rack can bean attractive feature in itself, made from ornately craftediron, stainless steel, chrome or aluminum. Whatever the style ofyour d¨Ścor, there's sure to be a wine rack design that fits inperfectly and provides you with a functional way to organizeyour wine collection.
Whether you're after a DIY self-assembly kit, or a custom winerack, online stores are full of all kinds of wine racks to suityour budget and your wine storage requirements.
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