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:
http://tinyurl.com/7c8dt

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.

"Adam Preble" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> 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:
> http://tinyurl.com/7c8dt
>
> 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 wrote:
> 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.

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
http://homewinery.info/blog

Ian Scott wrote:
> 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
> http://homewinery.info/blog
>

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

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

Joe Sallustio wrote:
> 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
>
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?

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
> bottles? Are they on their sides?

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

"Adam Preble" > wrote in message
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> 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:
> http://tinyurl.com/7c8dt
>
> 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.

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.