most compact way to store wine under the stairs

[craig_v]

Thanks again for the suggestion! I dove in and bought 200 to start and will go back for more once I see how they fit and how many more I need. Anything I should now about installing is welcome.

Cheers
Craig

I bought the Nook system at Wine Racks of America for short term storage of wine in our vacation home, as it can be assembled to fit any irregular space such as under stairs. Because the spacing is close, and yet able to accommodate Burgundy bottles, I was able to fit more bottles than any other rack I could find that would fit into the space. I went back to buy another set and extended it further. It is easy to assemble and stable. Drawback? It is expensive…not a cheap solution…but fabulous for fitting as much wine as possible under stairs.

[Yao_C]

Does anyone have a better way to store btls under the stairs

Sorry dude, but best idea I came up with, apologies in advance, is to drink the wine and then pee under the stairs. Smash the bottles under there too. They stack much more efficiently when they’re little shards.

Capital idea! I think this might work well for closets too

[RKatz]

In the past, I found a company that made an enclosure to fit under stairs covered by drywall. Temperature controlled with racking and a glass door.
Likely, not the cheapest method, but if you plan to stay a while, worth looking for.

[Matt_G]

Like you I store my low value / short term bottles under my stairs. Under my stairs is a closet on concrete slab in the middle of the house so the temperature doesn’t fluctuate too much. I bought 3 of the racks similar to the ones in the links below and made 2 racks out of them 9 rows high instead of 6. Each row holds a case so the two racks hold 18 cases total. I haven’t stained or painted them as they are out of sight but could be done. I would have gone another direction if they were visible.

https://www.amazon.com/Modular-Stackable-Storage-Capacity-Wobble-Free/dp/B01FTVGGMU/

https://www.walmart.com/ip/stackable-wine-rack-stackable-storage-stand-display-shelves-wobble-free-pine-wood-wn84-72-bottle-capacity/259986465

[Robert_Grenley]

Thanks again for the suggestion! I dove in and bought 200 to start and will go back for more once I see how they fit and how many more I need. Anything I should now about installing is welcome.

Cheers
Craig

I bought the Nook system at Wine Racks of America for short term storage of wine in our vacation home, as it can be assembled to fit any irregular space such as under stairs. Because the spacing is close, and yet able to accommodate Burgundy bottles, I was able to fit more bottles than any other rack I could find that would fit into the space. I went back to buy another set and extended it further. It is easy to assemble and stable. Drawback? It is expensive…not a cheap solution…but fabulous for fitting as much wine as possible under stairs.

As they say in the instructions, buy a rubber mallet. You push the metal pieces into the plastic pieces, some gloves help, and once you get the hang of it it goes quickly. Then you bang them in with the mallet until flush, turn it over and bang a bit more. I was pleasantly surprised how well they fit and how “square” the rack was. They say that over a certain height you should anchor to a wall for stability, perhaps ?ten, but mine were not that high. And once the wine is in, the bottle weight makes the rack very stable.