Five wood species give this racking its character: walnut, mahogany, alder, redwood, and pine, each with a different grain and a different way of aging. Every layout starts from your bottle count and the shape of the room, then gets built for how you actually drink, whether that means a cork-forward wall for daily bottles or a label-forward display for the ones you want to see. Sloped ceilings, under-stairs nooks, and structural pillars all get worked into the design rather than around it.
