I rarely drink wine and am hesitant to display it because people in my social circle tend to frown upon alcoholic drinks.  Still, I love wine racks.  Not knowing what else to do with the wine racks besides displaying wine and storing it for future use, I always passed by wine racks that caught my eye.  Eventually, I opened up my mind enough to see that wine racks don’t necessarily have to display wine.  Here are some non-wine uses for wine racks.

You can store 1 liter bottles of other beverages in your wine rack such as sparkling water, ginger ale, and other drinks that you use for parties.   

Fill empty wine sized bottles with and art or display bottles olives, and oils that you normally see on counter tops and above kitchen cabinets. 

You can store non-alcoholic wines and champagnes in your wine racks.   

Store a collection of olive oils in your wine holders.   

The Palermo Wall Iron Wine Rack would be perfect to turn into an olive oil display rack.  Measuring 30.5” H X 18.5” W this lovely display piece holds two bottles of whatever you desire to put in it.  I would display it near the stove top and store my extra bottles of olive or other exotic cooking oils.  Even when you have nothing to display in it, it still makes a great piece of metal wall art. 

• November 2007