Assessing Your Needs

First, you need to calculate how many bottles you will want to store over the next few years. If you mostly buy wine for drinking within a few days or weeks, you may need only a basic wine rack, but it may be worth thinking about how many times you buy wine to give as a gift. Would it make sense to bulk-buy wine for long-term use? If you have a collection of wine that you intend to keep for longer than 2-3 weeks, you need to think about the space you need to store it correctly so you can be sure it will be in good condition when opened. Ask yourself the following questions: