Wine Rack Plans
There are a number of wine rack plans that utilize all types of materials to store your favorite bottles of wine.
Before You Build
Before selecting plans for your wine rack, it is important to consider some of the basics of storing wine. Where will you place your wine rack? How many bottles do you plan to store? These are the questions to ask yourself before you begin.
The Basics of Storing Wine
There are a few tenants of storing wine that will help to protect your investment in the wine you purchase. If wine is to be stored for longer than a few weeks, then you need to keep the following in mind.
- Store wine on its side - This is important, because stored wine needs a moist cork. If the cork dries out, it shrinks and oxygen can get into your wine. Oxygen is the enemy of wine over the long term, because it can break down subtle flavors and even cause off flavors in the wine.
- Find a temperature controlled environment - Heat is the enemy of wine. To a lesser extent, so is cold. Large temperature fluctuations also can hurt your wine. Find a spot to place your wine rack where the temperature is steady and somewhat cool - about 55 to 60 degrees is ideal for wine storage. If you store wine above this temperature for the long term, it begins to break down the wine.
- Avoid areas where there is a lot of vibration - If you plan to place your wine rack in the laundry room, on top of the refrigerator or next to the garage door opener, you may want to rethink that. Vibration is another thing that can begin to break down wine over the long term.
- Wine likes humidity without the heat - This is why so many people store their wine in cellars - because basements tend to be fairly humid with a nice cool temperature.
Printable Wine Rack Plans
Where to Find Wine Rack Plans
Once you have located where you will place your wine, you're ready to find the perfect plan to build your wine rack. Below are several sources for finding the perfect plans for your wine rack.
Wood Workers Workshop
The Wood Workers Workshop has a number of plans for wine racks. The plans include a variety of sizes and styles of wine racks and range from simple woodworking projects to complex ones. There are even plans for wine racks you can give as a gift, use as a spare counter top and wall-mount.
The World Wide Wine
The World Wide Wine has a number of terrific resources for building a variety of wine racks. They also offer wine rack kits that can simplify the building process. They also offer advice on budgeting space, time and money.
Shopsmith
Shopsmith offers detailed plans for building an eight bottle wine rack that just may be a perfect gift for the wine lover in your life.
Wine Intro
Wine Intro offers up this plan for building an inexpensive, easy wine rack using PVC pipe and wooden frames.
Dempsey Woodworking
Dempsey Woodworking offers these customizable plans for building a wine rack . It is a woodworking project of intermediate difficulty, and according to the site, the total cost is about $200 and the rack will take approximately 18 hours to build. The wine rack will hold about 170 bottles but can be customized to hold more or fewer bottles.
DIY Network
The DIY Network offers a variety of how to videos that show you how to build a large number of different wine racks, including a show stopping decorative mahogany wine rack.
Lowes
Lowes, the home improvement store, offers this clever wine rack made from 18 inch boards and sisal rope. It is a relatively easy project and stores a few bottles of wine.
Our House
Our House offers up this unique alternative to the traditional wooden wine rack using gal mesh.
As you can see, there are a number of terrific online sources that can help you to design and build the perfect wine rack. No matter what your level of proficiency or how many bottles you have to store, by using the resources above, you're sure to find the perfect plan to get building.
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