With the many different types, styles and sizes of wine racks available on the market, there should be no reason you cannot find one to fit your individual needs. However, for some that are more handy with tools than others, they might consider making their own wine racks to fit in better with their home décor. Using power tools can make the project considerably easy, and planning can take only a few minutes to design a rack to hold all the wine you plan to have in stock.

One average, wine racks will allow about five inches for each bottle of wine, translating into a rack that is about two-feet wide for every six bottles of wine. The notches cut into the horizontal boards can be done with a jig saw or with a hole saw on a drill, depending on you abilities with the tools. You can also make wine racks to hold only a couple of bottles that will sit on a counter or ones that can hold several hundreds of bottles in the basement, which will become known as your wine cellar.

While the design of wine racks can be a personal preference, the placement of the rack can affect the life of the wine. The bottles should be placed so as not to be in direct sunlight and away from warm air from a furnace. Extreme temperature variations can have a negative effect on the wine and the more constant the temperature, the longer the wine should last.

Wine Cellar Racks Need Adequate Ventilation

In addition to light and temperature fluctuation, humidity can also destroy a good bottle of wine. Even in some of the smaller wine racks, enclosed to keep out dust, temperature and humidity controls can be used to prove the wine with a consistent environment.

Many wine cellars may have floor-to-ceiling wine racks, which inhibit the free flow of air. These cellars will usually have small fans and ventilation systems installed to protect the integrity of the content. Contrary to popular belief, wine racks placed in a dark, damp room os not the most conducive for protecting the quality of the wine.

Short term storage can be provided by wine racks sitting on a countertop or on the floor so they are readily accessible, if the wine is recommended to be consumed at a designated temperature, wine racks built into small refrigerators keep them ready when needed.