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A good friend of mine, and fellow wine maker, always had stored his wine in case boxes (stacked sideways). For years, I have offered to build her a wine rack in her cellar. Out of the blue, she called me up and took me up on my offer.
Seems like rack building is reaching epidemic proportions amongst the members of this forum..
I arrived at 8:30am to do some measuring and to draw up a materials list. Inner dimensions of the unit is 8' X 7'6". The cubes have an inner dimension of 24" and a depth of 11.5". This rack should be able to hold up to 800 bottles!!
This rack was to be placed in a cellar that was mostly used for storage and not overly finished. She wanted it built with a budget in mind and it did not need to be too pretty. With that in mind I decided to make it out of 5/8" plywood sheathing. I picked it up at Lowes and had them rip each sheet into 11.5 inch wide strips (the do this for free).
Once back with the materials, it took 5.5 hours to build with the help of another friend. The best part is that the materials only cost $142 (not including a new electric drill and an extra sheet of plywood).
In the end, she was impressed by the size of it. Once the job was done, we pulled a couple of corks and did some sipping. We ended up christening the rack with the name "Rack-a-geddon".
My friend was very appreciative. Not only did she grill some fantastic hot dogs for lunch, she made her sunday sauce for dinner (tomato sauce with sausage, meatballs, and baby back ribs). I can not tell you how tasty that was! She also opened a 2004 Stags Leap cask 23. Very yummy. We followed with a bottle of my 2014 Chilean cabernet. Not to toot my own horn, but my 2014 tasted awesome and truly held its own against the Stags Leap. MAN, I LOVE THIS HOBBY.
All five of us had a great time. The wife ended up driving home. I was exhausted (in a good way), Stuffed to the gills with delicious food, and a bit tipsy from sipping fantastic wines. It was truly one of those "Thanks God for the gift of life" days.
Here is a picture of the final product....
Seems like rack building is reaching epidemic proportions amongst the members of this forum..
I arrived at 8:30am to do some measuring and to draw up a materials list. Inner dimensions of the unit is 8' X 7'6". The cubes have an inner dimension of 24" and a depth of 11.5". This rack should be able to hold up to 800 bottles!!
This rack was to be placed in a cellar that was mostly used for storage and not overly finished. She wanted it built with a budget in mind and it did not need to be too pretty. With that in mind I decided to make it out of 5/8" plywood sheathing. I picked it up at Lowes and had them rip each sheet into 11.5 inch wide strips (the do this for free).
Once back with the materials, it took 5.5 hours to build with the help of another friend. The best part is that the materials only cost $142 (not including a new electric drill and an extra sheet of plywood).
In the end, she was impressed by the size of it. Once the job was done, we pulled a couple of corks and did some sipping. We ended up christening the rack with the name "Rack-a-geddon".
My friend was very appreciative. Not only did she grill some fantastic hot dogs for lunch, she made her sunday sauce for dinner (tomato sauce with sausage, meatballs, and baby back ribs). I can not tell you how tasty that was! She also opened a 2004 Stags Leap cask 23. Very yummy. We followed with a bottle of my 2014 Chilean cabernet. Not to toot my own horn, but my 2014 tasted awesome and truly held its own against the Stags Leap. MAN, I LOVE THIS HOBBY.
All five of us had a great time. The wife ended up driving home. I was exhausted (in a good way), Stuffed to the gills with delicious food, and a bit tipsy from sipping fantastic wines. It was truly one of those "Thanks God for the gift of life" days.
Here is a picture of the final product....
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