We've been puzzling for months now about how were going to store wine in our new apartment. Floorspace is at a minimum, but we do have some usable wallspace. That said, we didn't want bottles sticking OFF our walls. Over the weekend we spotted this really nice design at Caffe Falai and tracked down the origins...
Actually, within 15 minutes on Google, Sara Kate had tracked these down (she's GOOD) and discovered that Falai had painted theirs white.
VintageView wine racks come from an English company named VintageView, but are available in the US through Wine Master Cellars: www.winemastercellars.com. They are are great design with two simple, adjustable tracks that allow you to store bottles snug to the wall and show off your labels. They are expandable, come in two-deep designs and are NOT expensive. We're going to get a set, install it, paint it white and then we'll show you the results.
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thats so awesome! I want that for my new place. Cant wait to see your pics of the finished project
if you use this system, you better drink that wine very quickly. exposing your vino to light and and any source of heat will spoil it. i learned this the hard way.
Have you been to bar veloce? they used to have a nice wall system too, where the bottles balanced off a pole type thing on the wall, flush against wall, not sticking out...at the east village location
http://www.barveloce.com/locations.html
you can sort of see it in the picture on the left. The yummy food is worth a trip all by itself...
415guy - we never manage to keep any long enough for it to spoil!
Attractive but not a good way to store wine, make sure you drink these bottles quickly.
For what it's worth, you might want to spray paint them and then install them... Just a thought!
About storage, what is the most important is not to have direct sunlight or a heat source close by your wines. Light do alter the bottles over time but a bottle can go bad even in the better storage conditions. Frankly, it depends on how long you want to keep your bottles.
Not to disappoint many but I see a lot of wine fridges, even high end, sold with clear glasses. I am not sure it is any better. As a matter of fact, the wine fridge mostly keeps your wine at the right temperature. If you are living in a small space, you cannot build a proper wine cellar. Going vertical on your walls seems to me like a sensitive option.
Keep those racks out of direct sunlight and any heat sources and they will be fine for storing wine for a good amount of time. If you are a serious collector who will be holding onto vintages for very long periods you will want to keep your wines in a cool dark place. If you will be holding onto a bottle of wine for a day or a month or a year or even a few years these racks will be fine.
These racks are an excellent solution for storage space in small apartments, plus they look great and you see all your wine labels, kind of like a mini wine label art gallery.
This is awesome and is going in my BASEMENT!!!
Sara is good-but the racks actually do come from a U.S. company, Wine Master Cellars. VintageView UK is their European Dealer. Wine Master Cellars address is www.vintageview.com.
Any direct sunlight or extreme temp is bad, but unless you are storing wines for investment, any simple wine rack usually works great.
The tiny-apartment in me immediately thinks "You're using too much space!".
Also not a good idea to put a wine rack on top of a refrigerator or anywhere near the stove. The heat from the refrigerator motor can turn the wine as quickly as heat from an oven or light from a window can.