Wine as Art: A Decorative Wine Rack

Using a wine rack to store your wine does not mean that the wine rack you choose has to be plain and simple. A wine rack can be a simple design if that is what you prefer, but you can often find a wide variety of decorative wine racks to enhance the storage of your wine bottles. Even if there are not many retailers offering wine racks for sale in your area, the wide world of the internet can help you find the perfect wine rack.

Choosing a Decorative Wine Rack

A decorative wine rack can be made in a wide variety of materials. Wooden decorative wine racks are probably the easiest types to find. Most of the wooden wine racks you will find will be fairly simple, but you can easily find more intricate wooden wine racks as well. Wood is usually the material that wine cellar racks are made of, and these have a tendency to be of a fairly simple design. However, if you consider the wood itself part of the decorative wine rack, choosing a beautiful wood can be as much decoration as you may need.

Metal wine racks are often quite decorative and are sturdy as well. Even though metal wine racks are often quite plain, more decorative wine racks made of iron are easy to find as well. Usually you will see metal scrolling or other decorations along the metal wine rack both enhancing and showing off the wine at the same time.

Combination decorative wine racks are among the most common types available. These usually have a metal frame and then have wicker or some other material woven around the metal frame to form shelves for the bottles. These decorative wine racks generally do not cost that much, but probably have a limited life span. As the wicker dries out, it may become a bit more brittle and if the rack is dropped, it may break.

Decorative wine racks are quite easy to find. The only hard part is deciding what type of rack you want and also what type of rack will go well in the area you want to store your wine. Take your time in choosing a decorative wine rack since it can be an important accent piece for your décor and for your wine. In addition, make sure the decorative wine rack you do buy is sturdy enough to hold your wine safely.