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Storing your pile of bottled wine

I'm finally working up a wine surplus now and have to think of better storage than, say, keeping the bottles in boxes upstairs. I am doing some brewing also, and have them in boxes downstairs. None of this is very aesthetically pleasing, let alone very organized. I was wondering of ways to display the bottles, with the option of covering them from sunlight. Has anybody done something like this?

I was thinking of these cube arrangements:

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Although I'd probably have it longer than higher, slightly smaller cubes, and not so expensive. It might even be a DIY thing (because if I'm making my own wine then I try to DIY everything).

I suspect a nice curtain that can be pulled together can cover it up during the day when nobody's around but the UV rays.

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Adam Preble
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If you pick up the October/November 2005 issue of "WineMaker" magazine, you'll find a really nice looking DIY diamond bin wine rack project.

I'm thinking of modifying it slightly to fit my space.

Ian Scott

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Ian Scott

I don't know that sunlight is your only problem in keeping a lot of wine upstairs; it might not get sun but might get exposed to a lot of temperature variation too.

Maybe think about storing most of it downstairs and only keeping a few upstairs. I have several hundred bottles stored in a pretty small space and most of this was put together with 1 x 12 pine lumber. I can take a few pictures and email them to you if you would like. It's just generic horizontal shelving but i broke it up into sections that hold about 20+ bottles each, that's about a carboys worth. The vertical sections add a lot of strength too. I keep the homebrew in there too.

Joe

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Joe Sallustio

There's actually many different things you can do, it just depends on how much you want to spend. I went the thrifty route by reusing an old big entertainment center. It was in the basement already, so I stacked my bottles in there. You could use cubes, I already had these little wood wine racks that you put together and made them to fit the different sections of the entertainment center. Then last year, I bought I basic curtain rod, nailed it to the top and front of the center, and then recycled some curtains to cover the front. To stop any light from getting in there, sewed a dark lining to the inside of the curtains. It works very well. I'm now trying to think about how to do the same thing around the additional wine rack my husband bought me last year. Darlene

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Dar V

If you have made wine from grapes use the Lugs as storage boxes. They Are

-Stong

-About the right size

-Cheap

-and can be use to raise the wine off the basement floor

-extras some times avaialbe at grape Suppliers or Produce stores (They're happy to get rid of them as they cost $ to Garbage)

Use Carboard or cloth to sheild from light Use Paper, tape to from of the box as invntory control.

Best to store in basement in the most temperature stable part (between 10-15C 50-60 F).

I hope this helps.

Reply to
The Chateau Plonk de Jacques

That's true, and I'm planning to do all this so I can keep it all downstairs in a prominent location. How do you store your homebrew bottles? Are they on their sides?

Reply to
Adam Preble

Thanks a lot for that tip. I'll try to pick it up someplace and at least see what it looks like.

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Adam Preble

I keep home-brew straight up, that way the yeast is on the bottom and I can just decant.

Joe

How do you store your home-brew

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Joe Sallustio

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