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Interlacing Bottles With VintageView^® Wine Racks

Normally VintageView wine racks are mounted in 13" wide columns.  In the 3-bottle deep models, this gives you the same bottle capacity as with traditional cork-forward (honeycomb) racking.  However, VintageView wine racks can be interlaced to increase bottle capacity, especially for small wine rooms.  Using this technique, you can expect nearly a 20% increase in bottle capacity.

LEFT:  3-Deep Wine Room Use ......... RIGHT:  1-Deep Artistic Use

Here's how it works:

• Mount your racks in pairs.  Each left rack will have the bottles necks on the right, and each right rack will have the bottle necks on the left, facing the other rack's bottle necks.
• Mount the left rack as usual.
• Mount the right rack offset 2" lower or higher than the left rack; and instead of mounting its left bottle support (for the necks in this case) the usual 5-1/2" to the right of the left rack, abut the two supports.
• Now when you load the two racks with bottles, the necks will interlace, filling the space between the necks of the bottles above and below on the adjacent rack.
• This technique looks best when you have an even number of racks.
• The "normal" column width of two VintageView racks is 26".  With interlacing, the width drops to about 21", or even less if you want to push the necks in more.
• If the wall dimensions are such that you don't need full compression, simply move the second rack's left bottle support further away from the first rack.
• For planning purposes, always think in rack pairs.  The left bottle support of the left rack in the second pair will usually be mounted at the standard distance of 5-1/2" from the right bottle support of the right rack of the first pair, which is the same distance you would use without interlacing.

View a rack mounting spec diagram for Interlacing.

View a room design using Interlacing versus regular mounting.

You may need or want interlacing.  The need comes from a wall that is an awkward width (such as 63") for mounting regular 13" columns of racks, while the want comes from a desire to pack in as many bottles as possible.  You can also interlace magnum racks:  use 24" as the minimum width for two columns, with the individual strips mounted 8½" apart.

Here's a table that addresses wall widths for the ideal number of columns of regular VintageView wine racks.  Keep in mind that dimensions a few inches larger will work, but on the downside, you should not drop more than a maximum of 1/4" or so per rack for regular mounting.  (For example, you can squeeze 5 racks into 64", but you are pushing the limits at 63", unless you interlace, in which case you can fit 6 racks.)

Number of Rack Columns Regular Mounting vs. Interlaced Wall Width Regular Mounting Interlaced Mounting 21   2 26 2   39 3   42   4 52 4   63   6 65 5   78 6   84   8 91 7   104 8   105   10 117 9   126   12 130 10   143 11   147   14 156 12

Interlaced racks on a floor-to-ceiling mount

As you can see, if you have a wall which around 105" wide, you can fit in two more columns of VintageView wine racks if you interlace.  Please call us if you have questions.

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