Beverly Hills Custom Wine Racks – Gorgeous Wine Rack Design by Iron Wine Cellars
Wines improve in taste and flavor when stored under the optimum conditions. This means getting the right levels of temperature and humidity, as well as the proper amount of light.
The Importance of Wine Rack Design
Wine rack design is also essential to wine storage, as the wine cellar racks provide a safe niche, where wine bottles can be displayed and aged, undisturbed for a prolonged period of time.
Custom wine racks are available in a variety of sizes, shapes, and storage capacities, that can fit the different storage needs and requirements of wine collectors. They are also constructed from various materials (e.g. wood and metal), that provide wine lovers plenty of selection in terms of design, style and quality.
Beverly Hills Wine Cellar Racks
Combining the right wine rack designs will not only create optimal storage capacity, but also a space wherein wine enthusiasts can display and manage their wine collection.
Let’s take a look at this recently completed residential wine room project in Beverly Hills CA. Iron Wine Cellars provided the wine storage racks for this custom wine cellar project. By mixing various wine rack design components, the wine cellar installers (Coastal Custom Wine Cellars for wine rack installation and Arctic Metalworks for the wine cellar cooling unit) managed to create a wine storage area capable of accommodating over 500 wine bottles.
Why Mahogany?
The wine cellar racks are made of beautiful Mahogany wood with a chestnut stain and satin finish.
Mahogany is popular among wine rack makers, because of the wood’s inherent beauty and easy workability. In addition, mahogany is naturally resistant to rot and decay, making it ideal for the climate controlled conditions of a wine room.
The Wine Rack Design Components
One important feature to look for when choosing wine storage racks is a toe-kick height of up to 4 inches; this will elevate the wine racking unit off of the floor, and thereby protect the bottles from damage. Another important feature to consider is hand-sanding on the edges of individual bottle openings, which will prevent the tearing of wine labels.
The following racking components make up the Beverly Hills wine cellar racks: single bottle storage openings with a high reveal display row, label forward displays, wood case shelves, and magnum bottle storage openings. The wine racking system also features a tabletop opening, that provides a spacious area for serving and decanting wines.
Custom Wine Racks with a High Reveal Display Row
The single bottle wine storage racks have openings that measure 3 ¾” x 3 ¾”, and can accommodate standard-sized (750ml) wine bottles. The top and bottom part of the residential wine display are dominated by individual bottle openings. A high reveal display area is featured in the middle of the custom wine racks.
Wine Storage Space for Magnums at the Far Left
A wine rack with a high reveal display row pitches bottles to a 15° angle, thereby promoting the full visibility of the wine labels, for easy perusal, and at the same time facilitating continuous cork and wine contact (which prevents the cork-based bottle stopper from becoming brittle and ultimately failing to seal the wine). LED lighting along the display row not only creates an elegant glow, but also highlights some of the client’s favorite wine labels.
At the far left and far right of the Beverly Hills wine cellar racks are 4 ½” bottle cubicles that can fit a total of 22 magnum bottles (or 1.5L). Several rows above the high reveal display area are horizontal openings, for 750ml bottles. Horizontal displays facilitate a label forward orientation of the bottles, that helps maintain cork and wine contact (ensuring a sealing quality), and promotes ease of bottle identification and retrieval.
Wood case storage is provided at the bottom half of the residential wine display. Wood case shelves, located at both ends of the wine storage racks, can store a total of six wood cases. The openings can also be used to store wines in bulk. By stacking bottles on top of another, wine collectors can increase the total storage capacity of their wine room.
Just above the tabletop opening of the residential wine display is a compartment that houses the climate control system, and helps to regulate the temperature and humidity levels. An operable louvered grill cover conceals the refrigeration equipment. The cover is made from the same wood material as the Beverly Hills custom wine racks, creating a uniform and seamless appearance inside the residential wine cellar.
Wood Varieties for Wooden Wine Racks
There are many wood varieties used in manufacturing wine storage and display racks. Pine, Red Oak, Cedar, Premium Redwood, All Heart Redwood, and, of course, Mahogany, are some of the most popular wood options. Applying stains and finishes to some of these wood species can enhance the beauty of the finished product, while other wood varieties look stunning left unfinished.
Different Wood Species for Wooden Wine Racks
Investing in a high quality and visually enticing wine rack design is an excellent way for wine collectors to keep tabs on their growing wine collection, and to tastefully display their favorite vintages, from red wines, white wines to dessert wines.
At Iron Wine Cellars, we provide a variety of wine rack design for your wine storage and display needs. Check out the other wine cellar and wine racking projects we complete at this page: https://ironwinecellars.com/category/wine-cellar-dealers/
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