If you're a wine lover or just a casual wine drinker, you'll need a good wine rack to store your collection, large or small. Interestingly, wine racks are not only functional but are now considered part of home decor. Let's examine the various types of wine racks to help you determine which wine rack is best for your home.

When buying a wine rack, first ask yourself how many bottles you wish to store, and how many bottles you have on hand at one time. Since the spectrum of wine racks is expanding, you'll have various options, from table top wine racks to wine racks holding hundreds of wine bottles. You may even want to consider more than one wine rack if your collection is large.

Space and decor are the next factors. With so many stylish wine racks available, there are surely several that fit perfectly for your home. Wine racks can be an intergral part of your space, or can be placed on a table top, or wall mounted, or placed discreetly in a corner. The choice is yours. Ask yourself whether you simply want a functional rack, or whether you wish to incorporate a stylish, contemporary wine rack into your home's decor.

Another aspect of decor to consider is texture. Wine racks come in a variety of compositions, like steel, aged wood, brushed metal, brass, and more. Choose one that fits seamlessly into your style and home decor.

Since wine is an important part of our entertaining friends and colleagues, a multiple use, stylish wine rack is perfect for our home. We chose a focal point "wine center" that beautifully combines storage for our wine bottles, wine glasses, wine accessories, and wine art. Further, our wine center is a warm and welcoming focal point in our living room.

Many wine lovers prefer wooden wine racks, as they're easiest to blend in with most decors. Wooden wine racks come in a variety of wood styles, so your choices are numerous. We prefer an aged wood look to a wine rack, mostly because of the similarity to wooden wine barrels and the winery atmosphere.

Wine racks are available in numerous price points, from under $30 to several thousand dollars. Most wine collectors own more than one wine rack, both for storage and convenience reasons. We prefer one central wine storage center, and a smaller wine rack for some of our purchases on our U.S. wine trails travels.

No matter your choice of wine rack, don't be afraid to have fun and experiment. That's half the fun of wine drinking! Come to think of it, that's half the fun of home decor too!