A while back I visited a winery that had made their racks out of 1 x 1s for the framing and about a 3/8 thick by about 2 wide for the actual racks. It appeared that for the backs they had used a standard 3 or 4 inch diameter cut while the front was cut at about 1-1/2 inches diameter. It used the neck of the bottle to prevent the bottle from falling out of the rack. If there is a winery in your area that is currently open for purchasing from, they usually have a very proper wine storage rack for holding the wine in storage. Perhaps you could get the dimensions for diameters and spacing from them and then adjust those to you basement's available area.
Another method I have seen was old wooden soft drink crates lying on their sides with the opening angled towards the back so that the bottles rested on their corks.
The amount of vintage that could be stored in a crate was pretty much determined by the bottles dimensions. Only items needed were the crates and a 2 x 4 on the floor to angle the crates, the boards were merely pushed together and the crates rested one atop the other. The bottles necks were away from the opening and it was actually easy to read the labels. Each crate was a specific vintage.
Last edited by Bill aka Mole; 29th November 10 at 02:18 PM.
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