Metro Steel Shelving Wine Rack from Williams-Sonoma

We don't have a cellar full of wine, but we do like to buy one or two mixed cases at a time to save money. (Nearly every wine shop will give at least a 10% discount when you buy a full case.) Between these mixed cases, and the wine we buy for cooking, we often have at least a couple dozen bottles on hand at any time, and no good place to store it. So this wine rack from Williams-Sonoma looks very appealing right now!

We really like this slim wine rack. It holds 36 bottles, which is plenty for our own modest collection. It's handsome enough to sit out in the kitchen or the dining room, which is where we like to store our wine. But the main thing we really like about this rack is that it can also double as a butcher block island or sideboard. That is really useful for small spaces.

This isn't suitable for long-term storage, of course, since the bottles are exposed to light. But for a regular rotating collection of house wine and cooking wine, this could be the perfect solution.

• Find it: Metro Steel Shelving Wine Rack, $199 at Williams-Sonoma (butcher block top is $159 extra)

How, and where, do you store your wine?

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Comments (7)

Is this something that I could find at ikea for cheaper?

Try http://www.winerackstore.com/ I purchased 2 wooden racks from them several years ago w solid wood tops and shipping is free !

I used to keep a bunch of wine in a rack in the pantry but I had a few issues.
1. I keep my apartment to hot. Especially in the summer but in the winter too. I grew up a wood stove girl I can't break it. But it is really warm and there is no "cool space" for storing.
2. There are always bottles that don't get used. For me things that were out of eye or arm range just didn't place my hand on as much. So the bottom rack? Never changed. This got bad esp when combined with #1.
3. Somehow even when I had them I'd still go out to pick up a special bottle when making a special meal.

So I fought with myself and finally decided I don't store wine at all. I do store other booze. Lots of it. But not wine.

This blows on Sundays (stupid blue laws) but all the rest of the time it works better. And I don't have any more "perfect special bottles" that turned to bad vinegar. :(

That said an free standing wine rack (got mine at goodwill for like $7) makes a fantastic mitten/hat/headband/gator storage system!

Why yes, Ikea has an almost identical rack without the wood top and different dimensions:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30069762

I have four of the Ikea version in the basement, love them.

Omar wine rack/shelf system from Ikea. To add a wood top, purchase a shelf (or wooden countertop) and use a few of those nail in ties for securing coax cable around the top of the top wire shelf.

I thought it was a cute Ikea-hack at first site!

I purchased a similar model at Cost Plus a few years ago with one big difference: no butcher block top. This is much nicer but gives me the idea to just build onto the one I already have-thank you!

That ikea thing is fine, for a basement.