FOR THE WINE ENTHUSIASTS:

WINE BOTTLE RACKS – made out of clay:

Historically wine was bottled into clay amphorae (Greece, Italy etc.) But since wine is bottled into glass (for sanitary reasons), the next best thing is, to store the glass wine bottles in a clay bottle rack. These traditional wine bottle racks are in use in all major wineries and in a lot of wine connoisseur households in the Old Countries.

Wine should be stored dry and dark, because wine is light sensitive. Wine should also be stored far away from veggies, oil/gas tanks etc., because the smells and aromas have the tendency to influence the bouquet of the wine.

One of the major criteria is a constant room temperature at about 10°C and a humidity of 60% to max. 70%.

The benefit of using clay bottle racks is that the temperature curve between warm and cold (day & night) is a more flatter one and so it regulates the moisture as well. This benefits the constant temperature of wine in bottles.

The wine bottles should be stored laying in/on wine racks, which have to be very stable  (like clay wine bottle racks) and the bottles should be easy to identify.  Every single bottle can be effortlessly accessed from the front by pulling it out of the single rack hole.  The clay wine bottle racks are a stackable storage component and now are available to consumers in North America. The trend in Europe goes toward creating a family sized wine cellar in the basement out of these clay wine bottle racks. Plus also having it as a decorative component included in a wet bar or the kitchen.  

The other uses are in resorts, restaurants and wine shops for storage and sales presentation of wine bottles.

From a three bottle wine rack to a complete cellar these original clay wine racks have been designed to interlock to create a flexible and dramatic wine storage system.
The individual hexagonal sections can be stacked together in a honeycomb format, to build into a freestanding unit, or as a feature wine rack to fit a specific space or cellar wall.
Alternatively they can also be used individually as wine coolers. When soaked in water, clay has a natural cooling property. Terracotta vessels have been used for many decades in hot climates for storing & cooling water and vino.
These wine racks are made from quality terracotta clay and high fired resulting in a durable end product.

Please Note: These are not suitable for champagne bottles.

Currently available in the following sizes:

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Last modified: November 09, 2005