Wine Cabinet Racking

Oversized Bottles

Will large or unusual bottle sizes - e.g. Pinot and Burgundy bottles - fit in the racking?

Before purchasing a wine cabinet, find out the size of the rack openings inside the wine cabinet, and whether your wine bottles will fit inside each rack opening. Some wine cabinet manufacturers build standard wine racks that can handle Bordeaux wine bottles, but Burgundy and Champagne bottles won't fit in these standard wine racks. Most wine cabinet manufacturers offer "Universal Racking" as an option and at an additional cost.

Le Cache all-wood wine racks are built to handle almost every size of individual bottle, including Burgundy and many Champagne bottles. Even oversized Turley Zinfandel bottles fit easily in our racks. Whereas standard racking typically measures 3 1/4 inches wide, Le Cache wine racking measures 3 3/4 inches wide throughout the wine cabinet.

Wood vs. Metal Racks

Is the racking constructed from wood or metal? If wood, is it finished?

Metal racks inside wine cabinets can scratch bottles and tear labels, and sometimes they can bend out of shape under the heavy weight of racked wine bottles.

Try sliding a bottle in and out of a metal rack, then do the same in a wood wine rack.

Which feels better to you?

Every Le Cache wine cabinet comes with all-wood racks that are constructed from premium cherry wood, and are completely finished and sealed. Each wine rack features the tiniest attentions to detail, including eased edges, tapered ends, precision fit, hot-glue assembly and double-sealed finish.

Bottle Capacity

What's the difference between RACKED and TOTAL bottle capacity?

Many wine cabinet manufacturers advertise their wine cabinets with a RANGE of TOTAL bottle capacity. Unfortunately, TOTAL bottle capacity is very different from RACKED bottle capacity. For example, one well-known wine cabinet manufacturer advertises 520 bottle capacity, but when (optional) shelves are added, bottle capacity declines to 340 bottles.

Make sure to find out how many bottles will be resting on racks inside your wine cabinet, vs how many bottles will be resting on other bottles. The distinction is important because when bottles rest on bottles, they can break or get scratched, or the labels can smudge or tear. Bottles on bottles also are much harder to access than individually racked bottles.

Le Cache breaks out racked, bulk and total bottle capacities individually. Each racked bottle rests directly on Le Cache's all-wood rack. In addition, bulk storage is located inside the wine cabinet at the top of the rack, where extra-large bottles can be carefully stacked.

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