Cork Expert Gets Testy Over Wine Storage

Eco-Friendly Artisan Wine Racks

I was recently alerted to a San Diego-based company that produces and markets handmade, eco-friendly wine racks and wine gift boxes, among other items.  Brian Behncke is the founder of ThinkEco2, and works for Briven Construction during the day.  He’s an artisan woodworker by night.

His items have a rustic, rough-hewn look that I’m partial to, and maybe you will be, too.  He states on his website, “We reclaim, reprocess, and repurpose wood that was on its way to the landfill.”  His green wine and garden products are made from 100% recycled wood.  In addition to wine racks and boxes, he also makes patio tables, wedding trays, planters and coasters.

You can find Behncke’s full line of products at www.etsy.com/shop/thinkeco2


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EXPANDING WINE RACK

Clever designers have come up with a neat way to store your wine while saving space when you're down to just a couple of bottles.  In the Now And Zin household, we don't let our supply drop to such dangerously low levels, but if you only store from one or two bottles to eight at a time, you may want to check out the Mirage wine rack.

The Mirage Augmentable wine rack is a collapsible wooden rack which expands to accommodate the number of bottles.  As you remove the bottles, it gets smaller, saving countertop space.  Fully expanded, its two bottles by four configuration is about 15 inches wide, and only nine inches tall.

The price listed is about $45, much cheaper than a full-size wine rack but more expensive than other 8-bottle storage options.

Online, I found several nice looking wooden racks designed to hold eight wine bottles in a diamond configuration for about half the price of the Mirage.


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