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August 20, 2020

How To Store Wine (When You Don’t Have A Cellar)

Are you curious how to store wine? I was storing mine the wrong way! This post shows how I turned a cool, dark nook in my basement into a little DIY wine cellar.

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When I started buying nicer clean wines on the regular, I knew I needed to rethink my storage options. I WISH I had a whole room dedicated to rows of aging wines. But most of us don’t have the space for something that grand. The idea to turn our basement nook into a wine storage area came about because I realized I was storing wine the wrong way. We have an extra fridge downstairs where I put ALL of my wine for a while (red and white). It kept the whites ready to chill and the reds “not hot” so I thought that would be a smart way to store wine. That was until I Googled “Is it ok to store wine in a fridge?” The fridge is actually NOT ideal! Whoops.

So where should you store wine?

If a dedicated cellar is out of the question, the next best thing would be a fridge built for wine storage with optimized climate for both red and white wines. I would eventually like a freestanding (or built in!) dedicated fridge like this one. But that’s not a priority at the moment. So the third best thing for long-term wine storage is a cool, dark place where bottles are still and sideways.

I keep my “next to drink wines” in a vintage box fitted with a wire rack in my kitchen.

The nook before

This little nook in my house was previously a catch-all for relocated decor to be used in the future. I had a silver tray of my grandmother’s that desperately needed polishing, some candle sticks, extra frames, antique crocks, and more. That chair is one my grandmother painted of Williams Shakespeare!

I needed to find a good spot for some of these things in other areas of the house!

I had also started to pile bottles and boxes here as I collected them.

The “Cellar” After

After I had relocated most of the decor, I was able to organize the bottles in a pretty row. I am on the hunt for a rack that will fit perfectly in these shelves for phase 2, but for now I don’t have enough wine to warrant a second row.

Wine storage rack ideas:

  • Natural wood X rack
  • Two long rows
  • For the few whites I do keep chilled in the fridge
  • Rose gold if you are looking for a countertop or buffet option
  • 4 rows but still small enough to fit in a nook

Underneath

On the bottom, I moved the chair to a more visible spot in my house and brought in this wooden crate I had in our storage room. It’s now housing guest towels, but I could see it turning on its side and being an extra area for wine storage if need be.

How do you store the wine in your house?

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  1. Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says

    August 20, 2020 at 7:06 am

    Thanks for the tips! Your makeshift cellar looks great 🙂

    Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
    http://charmainenyw.com

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  2. Denise says

    August 20, 2020 at 8:33 am

    I work at a glass company, and we often install glass panels and doors for “wine rooms” people create in corners of their homes. Since Thomas is a builder, he could do most of the work himself. One creative couple enclosed a “T” section of their hall between the kitchen and living/dining area. They never walked straight through, they always veered to the left around a freestanding column. So they enclosed the top of the “T” with fixed glass panels and then added a glass door on the bottom opening for access. It turned out great! Look for glass wine rooms on Pinterest or Houzz for some creative ideas.

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    • Kath Younger says

      August 20, 2020 at 9:07 am

      Oh that is very neat!! I’m assuming these glass rooms have different climate controls so that’s what makes them good for storage? We do have an unfinished utility room downstairs, but I think that is much more likely to become a workout space or office than a wine room 😉 But could be both perhaps!?

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      • Denise says

        August 21, 2020 at 9:45 am

        Oh definitely! It’s definitely a great way to be inspired for your workout lol! And yes, they are climate controlled. We partner with another company who handles that end of it.

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        • Kath Younger says

          August 21, 2020 at 10:02 am

          Haha!

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  3. Sara says

    August 20, 2020 at 12:36 pm

    My cousin lives in a small apartment and she has a storage bed where the bed lifts up to access the storage space. She and her partner keep their wine there! Along with a bunch of other stuff! But it’s dark and the bottles are horizontal, and it’s the coolest room in their place.

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    • Kath Younger says

      August 20, 2020 at 1:01 pm

      Perfect spot!!

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