The 10 Best Minimalist Wine Racks
In this review we’re going to take a look at the best minimalist wine racks for your home. This list will feature high-quality wall-mounted and standing wine racks. Without further ado, let’s dive right in!
Are you a wine drinker or a wine collector that is looking for a wine rack, which has the ability to accentuate your wine collection in your minimalist kitchen, home bar or living room? There are many great wine racks available on the market, but not all of them are suitable for a minimalist interior.
This list will feature wine racks that have various different designs, styles, configurations and materials. If you’re planning to keep things simple and elegant, it’s important that you pick a wine rack that is high in quality, feature rich and suits your minimalist style. Let’s take a look at the best minimalist wine racks!
Type: Wall-Mounted
Capacity: 9 Wine Bottles
Weight: 2 lbs
The STACT C-Type Wine Rack claims the number one spot in our list. It’s elegantly crafted design and high-quality finishing makes it the perfect minimalist wine rack. It comes in 6 different premium finishes and holds up to 9 wine bottles.
This wine rack is mounted against the wall using wall brackets and is expandable horizontally and vertically, essentially enabling you to create an entire wine rack wall. This STACT wine rack uses a unique bracket system that lets you attach any amount of racks without using any tools.
The high-quality materials comprise of aircraft-grade anodized aluminium and the finishing of your choice. The bottle supports are made of aluminium as well, ensuring that they are held in place firmly. This rack was designed in San Francisco by Eric Pfeiffer (2012 ICFF Winner) and it compliments any type of minimalist home furnishing.
Overall, the STACT C-Type Wine Rack is a perfect fit for your minimalist home. Not only does it secure your bottles safely, but its clean and elegant finish is also an attention grabber.
Type: Wall-Mounted
Capacity: 8 Wine Bottles
Weight: 1.8 lbs
The Blomus Wine Bottle Holder is another great minimalist wine rack that is made of stainless steel. Blomus is a German brand and they pride themselves in their intelligent, minimalist and functional design approach.
The brushed finish on the stainless steel makes it look elegant and high in quality. The lined rings securely hold up to 8 bottles in place with a label-out configuration. This means that you are able to identify your wines instantly, and the wine labels also add color to the wall.
The Blomus Wine Bottle Holder is designed to be a great accessory for your kitchen, living room or bar. It’s easy to install and the silver stainless steel design suits any minimalist-inspired home, regardless of where you decide to mount it. It also doesn’t consume much space, as the dimensions are 29” x 1.5” x 3” fit almost all types of wall sizes. Overall, Blomus wine racks are a great pick if you are looking for a minimalist wine rack that has a simple yet extremely functional design.
Type: Wall-Mounted
Capacity: 4 Wine Bottles
Weight: 2 lbs
Another entry into the list of best minimalist wine racks from the Vancouver-based company STACT. Similar to their C-Type Wine Rack, the STACT L-Type Wine Rack features 6 elegant finishes including brushed aluminium, piano black, gunmetal gray, electric orange and a few others. This allows you to match the color and style of the rack with the rest of your minimalist interior of your room.
The L-Type holds the wine bottles in a label-out style. This means that you are able to see and identify the labels of the outer wine bottles. Opposed to stainless steel like the C-type, this version is made of aircraft-grade aluminum giving it a clean and elegant look.
The wine rack can be mounted onto any drywall with easy-to-understand instructions. The great thing about this rack is that you can place multiple STACT L-Type racks beside or on top of each other depending on how many wine bottles you wish to store. Overall, it’s evident that STACT manufactures high-quality products and the L-type wine racks don’t fail to perform. It’s a high-class minimalist addition for any wine collector.
Type: Standing
Capacity: 10 / 12 / 15 Wine Bottles
Weight: 6.5 lbs
The Oenophilia Bali Wine Rack is a great collection to your minimalist home. Inspired by contemporary Indonesian design, this wine rack is shaped like waves. Its design is inspired by Balinese waves gently breaking on the shore. Bali is known for its creative woodworks and sculptures and this wine rack illustrates this perfectly.
This wine rack can be placed on any surface horizontally or vertically. Its wavy design holds the bottles in place and has a total diameter of 21” x 9” x 12”. The Oenophilia Bali Wine Rack is made of solid wood that comes in four different colors, which are spiced pumpkin, ebony, natural and crimson. As this rack has several layers the bottles are stored in a cork-out manner.
There are three different sizes available depending on how much wine you plan on displaying. The smallest size holds 10 bottles, the medium size holds 12 bottles and the large size holds 15 bottles. Having designed many interiors with this particular wine rack, it looks stunning on a kitchen countertop, especially if your minimalist home has wooden furniture and decor accents.
Type: Wall-Mounted
Capacity: 5 / 15 Wine Bottles
Weight: 2.9 lbs
The Brightmason Wine Rack features a stainless steel design with a brushed finish. The stainless steel build looks elegant and clean, especially against dark wooden surfaces. It can also be used against concrete or painted walls. However, the wooden walls accentuate the color contrast of the wine rack.
This wine rack comes in two different sizes that hold 5 and 15 bottles respectively. The larger size features three single units of the Brightmason wine rack. Each section has a diameter of exactly 3.6 inches giving it the ability to hold almost all wine bottle sizes, even Pinot Noir which tends to have a larger bottle circumference.
This wine rack is mounted on the wall and is easily extendable as your wine collection grows. Due to its label-out design and the vertical stacking of the wine bottles, it’s recommended to expand these racks horizontally across your wall. All mounting hardware is included in the packaging and installing them on the wall is very simple. The Brightmason Wine Rack is a great addition to your minimalist kitchen, dining room, wine room, bar or even hallway.
Type: Wall-Mounted
Capacity: 4 / 9 Wine Bottles
Weight: 1.1 lbs
The True Wine Bottle Holder is very minimalist in nature as its design is kept simplistic, yet modern and elegant. It’s made of black wrought iron, which is an iron alloy that is easily formed into various shapes. Its properties can clearly be seen in this wine rack, due to its curved corners.
This wine rack is reminiscent of a rustic-styled design and goes extremely well against a concrete wall. The open design and the label-out configuration let you showcase your best wine selection. The minimalist wrought iron material helps to emphasize the labels on wine bottles giving your wall vibrant style.
The True Wine Bottle Holder is easy to install and comes with the required screws. It comes in two different sizes. While both models come in black, the smaller unit holds 4 wine bottles and the larger unit holds up to 9.
Overall, the True Wine Bottle Holder is a great simplistic, yet elegant wine rack that compliments your minimalist home. It’s especially great for holding champagne, red and white wine.
Type: Wall-Mounted
Capacity: 6 / 12 / 18 Wine Bottles
Weight: 3.25 lbs
The VintageView W Series is another great wine rack with a minimalist-inspired design that features durable materials and a sleek finish. This rack is built with high-grade steel that comes in 2 different colors, each color having 2 different finishes. If you’re looking for darker shades, you can opt for the brushed nickel or satin black color.
On the other hand, if you’re looking for a more metallic silver style, you should go for the chrome luxe or chrome plated design. The W Series wine rack comes in three different sizes. Each holds 6, 12 and 18 wine or champagne bottles respectively. The bottles are stored in a label-out style and are stacked horizontally. Each bottle is held in place by steel rods that each have machine-rounded wine rod tips.
The great thing about this wine rack is that it’s expandable in either direction and looks great against a plain wall, as it allows the bottle label to bring out some colors. In essence, the VintageView W Series is a beautiful simplistic yet elegant wine rack that works great for an interior with a minimalist setting.
Type: Standing
Capacity: 6 / 12 / 30 / 60 Wine Bottles
Weight: 4 lbs
The 9 NOOK Wine Rack is an interesting entry into the list of best minimalist wine racks, as the NOOK series allows you to create your own custom wine storage layout. The wine rack has a modular design that allows you to expand the rack sideways or upward by adding more NOOK wine racks and attaching them. This allows you slowly build up your wine collecting while maintaining a minimalist, clean and standardized layout style.
Essentially, it’s a customizable wine rack kit that comes with 48 high-quality stainless steel bracer bars and 16 heavy-duty plastic connectors that allow you to create a unique wine rack configuration of your choice. The 9 NOOK Wine Rack holds 12 bottles, 9 in the center module and a row of 3 at the top. Unfortunately, it only comes in one color variant, but you’ll be able to get them in different sizes that hold 6, 12, 30 and 60 wine bottles respectively.
This wine rack is ideal for trying to close a particular gap or for tricky corners that you wish to fill out. As an ideal wine rack for a minimalist home, the 9 NOOK offers a great amount of customization and also looks fantastic on a countertop or in the living room.
Type: Standing
Capacity: 9 Wine Bottles
Weight: 2.34 lbs
The FamYun Stainless Steel Wine Rack has a similar style to the Oenophilia Bali Wine Rack and consists of wave-like platforms that hold the wine bottles in place. The panels are made of high-quality stainless steel and are coated with powder that makes it resistant to rust and oxidation.
Also noticeable is the sturdiness that the pillars provide and it prevents the wine bottles from wobbling, firmly holding them in place. Although the FamYun wine rack only comes in one size and color configuration, it can hold up to 9 standard wine bottles. As the supporting columns are quite narrow, you may encounter some difficulties storing wider champagne bottles. It’s therefore recommended to only use this for storing red or white wine.
This rack is optimal for placing on any surface such as a countertop and the horizontal position of the wine bottles ensures that the wine is in direct contact with the cork. This way you are able to store the wine for a longer period of time. The FamYun’s silver color is a great match for almost any type of minimalist setting and its chic and modern wavy design helps to accentuate even surfaces.
Type: Standing
Capacity: 4 / 8 / 12 Wine Bottles
Weight: 3.62 lbs
The Hivory Wine Rack is a simple yet fully functional wine rack that is available in silver color. You’ll be able to get a 1, 2 or 2 tier rack that you can easily stack on top of each other. The great thing about this wine rack is that the wine bottles are fully accessible through the front and back.
This wine rack looks great on a minimalist kitchen countertop or in a home bar. The wine bottles are stored in a cork-out manner at a slightly angled position. This enables the wine to be in constant contact with the cork, keeping it moist at all times. In fact, this minimalist wine rack has been designed to hold wine bottles like an actual wine cellar.
The grooved-design of the holding bars ensure that the wine bottles are securely kept in place and are made of thick solid iron that is treated with an anti-rust finishing. The stacking of the wine rack makes it convenient if your wine collection expands or if you wish to showcase more wine bottles. As the Hivory Wine Rack is metallic, it suits all types of minimalist countertops with any kitchen, living room and home bar color palette.
With so many different types of wine racks on the market it can be challenging to find one that is high in quality and that fits into a minimalist home. Essentially, all minimalist wine racks that were mentioned in the list perform the function of holding wine bottles. However, there are many other aspects that you should consider before making your purchase decision.
You should first familiarize yourself with all these aspects, in order to determine which minimalist wine rack is the right one for you. The following section will focus on wine rack types, storing configurations, materials, capacities, designs and price ranges. Let’s take a deeper look!
There are two different wine rack types. There are wall-mounted wine racks and standing wine racks. As the name suggests, wall-mounted wine racks are attached against a wall via a mounting mechanism. Most of these wine racks come with a mounting system that lets you install the rack against any type of wall. Generally speaking, they’re held in place via a screw or nut and bolt system. More advanced racks have a unique clipping system that doesn’t require any tools.
On the other hand you also have standing wine racks. These can be modular and are always placed on surfaces such as kitchen countertops, bars or tables. One convenience that standing wine racks have over wall-mounted variants is that they usually don’t require any assembly and you can practically place them anywhere. However, they do tend to occupy more usable space.
There are a few ways to store wine bottles. Wine racks usually have a label-out configuration, where the label faces outward or a cork-out configuration, where the cork faces outward from the wine rack. There are other differences between both storing configurations, which are highlighted below.
When it comes to adding a wine rack to your minimalist kitchen, living room or bar you should ensure that the materials blend in with your existing style of furnishing and decor. Wine racks can be manufactured using different types of materials. These materials are mainly wood, stainless steel or iron.
Wooden wine racks are generally made of natural wood and give a clean and fresh vibe to the surrounding setting. Metal-based wine racks are made of stainless steel or iron. Stainless steel wine racks tend to look more modern and classy, whereas wrought iron wine racks tend to inspire a more chic and rustic look.
Depending on the amount of wine bottles that you decide to showcase, you should consider the capacity of each wine rack. Generally speaking, wall-mounted wine racks can be expanded more easily, as you can configure them vertically or horizontally depending on your room’s layout. Standing wine racks usually have a fixed capacity, unless a particular rack features a modular design. The good news is that most of the features wine racks in this list are either expandable or come in multiple sizes with different capacities.
You should always decide on a minimalist wine rack that suits your preferences and that suits the interior design of your home. If you’ve looking for a wine rack that stands out against your current color palette, you can opt to pick a contrasting color.
If you’re planning for it to blend in nicely, you could go with something that has a similar color palette. Here’s a useful tip, try to spot what common accents your surrounding furniture and decor have. You can’t go wrong with matching the accents with the wine racks’ material and color.
It’s understandable that price always influences your purchase decision. However, you’ll always be able to find something that suits your minimalist home, even if you have a shoestring budget. The best wine rack list above features a wide price range. You’ll be able to find a general budget guide for minimalist wine racks below.
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I got the Blomus and it’s perfect!