A standard batch of wine is about 30 bottles, meaning that pretty soon you are going to have a lot of wine that needs to be stored. After making only five batches, you are going to have about 150 bottles of wine. Sure, you can drink it, but how fast? Sure, you can give it to friends, but they can only drink so much. So what are you going to do with all of your wine?

The best answer that many hobby vintners choose is to age their wine in the bottle. This makes each bottle taste even better, because the wine has time to sit and age. So how should you store your wine? The absolute best way to store your wine if you don't want to invest a lot of money is to put it in your basement. Wine is best kept in a cool location that is always about the same temperature. If the temperature changes from warm to cool too often, you are going to experience problems. Wine should also be stored on its side, so that the cork doesn't dry out. If you are using synthetic corks, this isn't important, but most wine racks are designed to hold bottles that are on their sides.

Going to a furniture or wine supply store, you are going to see wine racks that are very simple, but cost a lot of money. Plus, the majority of them come unstained so you can match it with your décor, so you're going to need to spend an afternoon doing it anyway. Why not spend that morning making a wine rack to hold all your wine and save a bit of cash?

There are several different types of racks, and you should consider making a wine rack that will hold the number of bottles that you have (or plan for the future, and make one to hold next year's wine as well).

The easiest wine rack to make is the standard X box rack. This is a wooden box with four triangular compartments (the compartments are made from wooden dividers that look like the letter X). This is a sophisticated looking wine rack, and the only thing you need (besides the wood) is a tape measure, saw, and some nails.