The Simple Wine Rack

I've begun drinking wine again and am growing quite a little collection, currently the bottles are lined up on my built-in wall buffet. I've decided that investing in some type of wine rack might be good for the integrity of the look of my home. There are so many types of wine racks to choose from and so far I've managed to narrow down the style I want: simple.

The above pictured wine rack is really quite ideal, except for the fact that I never at any given moment have that much wine; I suppose I drink it much faster than I can save it. So while I love this straight forward timeless wine rack it is much too big.

The line of metal circles that shelves the wine rack is cute, modern, unique, clean looking and simple. But the placement of the wine rack is too final as it seems to be attached to the wall and one-by-one at that. I can only imagine the time it would take to move the wine rack should you want to.

Here is the simple wine rack I am looking to get for my home. Housing about 8 bottles it is the perfect size and should I need more space I can simple buy (or make) more. This style of wine rack is simple enough to make (DIY style) which is another added bonus, I will most likely forego the wine glass holder on the bottom for simplicity's sake. Imagining a row or column of two or three wine racks of this style on my gray dining room walls makes me feel that I have found the perfect wine rack- I'll take that as a big hint that I can now stop looking.

Let us Drink & Be Merry! But First, Wine Racks

I go through spurts of my picks for alcoholic beverages, for a month or two I'll be enjoying a glass of smokey single-malt whiskey before dinner, some months I'll take to martinis stacked with olives and other months I like to drink wine, red or white bring it on.  For more than the past couple months I've been enjoying my wine, I'll have a glass here and there and enjoy it with dinner, I have this little person inside whispering to me "it's here to stay" it says.

As of late I've been lining bottles on my kitchen counter, this will be no more as I now am on the hunt for a nice wine-rack, if you haven't noticed there are millions of ugly wine racks out there and very rarely will we come across one that is worth buying.  Here is what I've found.

In the realm of wall mounted wine-racks I found Jakob Wagner & Menu's for $59, a rather interesting skeletal design though a wall-mounted wine rack just isn't my style.

An interesting design by CB2 caught my eye, an Acrylic Leaning Wine Rack for $80, but I can't seem to shake the feeling that it takes too much space.

For storage wine racks we have the Tag Trio Wine Storage Rack for a whopping $299...

... Or the InterMetro Wine Storage Rack for $140 each

Below are two of my favorites, wine racks that may be set on top of counters, islands and other sturdy four-legged furnishings.  First, the Crate & Barrel (coming in a set of 2) Shesham Stacking Wine Rack for a very good price of $50...

But the winner is...

From Pottery Barn, Founders Wine Rack for $40 each- and with tabs to write dates or whatever you please on them!

I saw this wine rack and knew it was the one.  As you probably already know I'm in love with days of old and am drawn to old vintage looking things, the wine rack of dark wood embellished with metal paper tab frames reminds me of a french vineyard somewhere deep in the country side of Provence, I think, how fitting!