Functionality vs. Style With Wine Racks

by Bath Towel on October 10, 2009

Have you ever been in a home with a mas­sive iron wine rack that didn’t quite fit the decor? How about an iron wine rack that is poorly designed but fits in beau­ti­fully with the decor? Iron wine racks come in lit­er­ally thou­sands of styles and the bet­ter ones can be quite func­tional while still main­tain­ing the room’s “feng-shui”. Iron wine racks are usu­ally black clas­sic wrought iron that hold from a few bot­tles of wine to many bot­tles. Some come with places for the glasses and assorted wine acces­sories. This makes it easy as with this type of iron wine rack, you know where every­thing is. Have you ever been frus­trated at not being able to find your corkscrew or the wine charms that mark spe­cific glasses? This is no longer a prob­lem should you get the cor­rect wine rack.
Iron wine racks can be short and wide or tall and thin. The short ones can be stacked on top of each other, cre­at­ing a lit­tle wine cor­ner that can be built onto like a Lego set. There are lots of options with such wine racks. They can have indi­vid­ual bot­tle con­tain­ers or var­i­ous shaped com­part­ments to hold mul­ti­ple bot­tles. This ver­sion may be per­fect for the per­son who col­lects dif­fer­ent wines as they give you lots of space for dif­fer­ent types of wine.
The tall and thin iron wine racks are fre­quently called wine jails because they have indi­vid­ual cells and usu­ally a cage door on the front. Find the right spot for one of these long, thin iron wine racks and it can make a lot of dif­fer­ence in a room’s style. Although the wine jails are not designed to be stacked, they can be added onto against a sin­gle wall if you have enough space. They can hold 40 or 50 bot­tles of your favorite wine each. Being as com­part­men­tal­ized as they are lends them well to an inven­tory sys­tem. When a cell is empty, pro­vid­ing you store them with a sequence, you will know right away which one you need to pur­chase to keep the rack full.Types of Wine Racks
There are many types of wine racks avail­able. One of the most sought after types of racks are the designer wine racks. They come in wood, wrought iron, plas­tic, and con­crete. They look sharp and hold your col­lec­tion securely. There are over 20 dif­fer­ent designer racks on dis­play at http://www.wineenthusiast.com. They come in all shapes and sizes and are priced quite rea­son­ably. On the site, they have cat­e­go­rized the racks as to price, bot­tle count, height, width and depth.
Dec­o­ra­tive wine racks are sup­posed to com­plete a room. They lend them­selves to being a focal point in some rooms. They also come in a myr­iad of shapes, sizes and bot­tle count. At http://www.wineenthusiast.com, they have over 60 very sharp look­ing wine racks. Price ranges from 19.95 to almost 1,000 dol­lars so there is some­thing for every bud­get. The most expen­sive model, the Bam­boo Bar Cart is an exam­ple of func­tion­al­ity. It has wheels and space for every­thing you need to serve wine or other drinks. It has com­part­ments for wine glasses and wine bot­tles. It has a butcher block par­quet top for drink prepa­ra­tion, along with shelves and draw­ers for all your sup­plies. This is a qual­ity unit made from bam­boo and some stain­less steel for things like towel dis­pensers and han­dles.
Func­tion­al­ity of wine racks isn’t lim­ited to just bot­tles and wine acces­sories. Some wine racks also dou­ble as fur­ni­ture. While not cheap, these units com­bine style, func­tion­al­ity and mul­ti­ple uses. They range up from 200 dol­lars to almost 8,000 dol­lars.
Vin­tageView wine racks are quite dis­tinc­tive and are gen­er­ally a show­place for your most prized wine bot­tles. They dis­play the bot­tles with a min­i­mum of cov­er­age but a sturdy sup­port sys­tem. This model is per­fect for the seri­ous wine col­lec­tor who wants their guests to go ooh and ahhh. These are really quite rea­son­able start­ing at 10 bucks for a one bot­tle dis­play unit to 80 dol­lars for a 30 bot­tle unit. They usu­ally have a dis­tinct sup­port sys­tem for the bot­tles such as just hold­ing the bot­tles by the neck or the base, dis­play­ing the bot­tle very promi­nently.
These are just a few of the mod­els avail­able. There are many more types and sizes and price ranges for wine racks at http://www.wineenthusiast.com. With all the choices avail­able, you have a myr­iad of pos­si­bil­i­ties and styles. From oak cab­i­nets to wrought iron wine racks to new age mate­ri­als, you can make a room very styl­ish just with the addi­tion of one of these beauties.

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