So, you went shopping and stocked up on bottles. You stopped into your favorite winery, and picked up souvenirs to bring home. Your friends brought over Barolo or bubbles and the bottles are piling up. How do you keep track of it all? A wine rack.
Wine racks aren’t just for serious collectors who have invested in a wine cave. Anyone who keeps bottles around, even just just for a couple of months, should use a rack to ensure the bottles are properly stored.
That said, the type of wine rack you need will depend on your taste and space. Do you have a penchant for aged prosecco and Champagne? An increasingly extensive collection of Napa Cabernet? A budding interest in orange wine?
We asked season wine pros how to pick out a perfect wine rack for your space.
Why Should You Rack Wine?
While the concept is simple—a storage space for wine—wine racks offer a number of benefits.
They make it easy to organize collections and help amplify the wine’s potential: storing a wine correctly, and on its side, will help prolong a bottle’s life. When aging a wine, consistency is key, and a wine rack supports bottles and ensures they’re sitting well.
Jordan Goldberg, who runs sales and marketing at Eleven Eleven Winery in the Napa Valley, notes that wine racks are space-saving and aid in more precise aging.
“Wine racks ensure bottles are stored horizontally to keep corks moist, and offer easy access to your collection,”
This Article was originally published on Wine Enthusiast
