British Made Solid Wood Wine Racks

A recent Commission

Some extra drama for wine lovers

If you love wine, then you may want to add some more drama to your hobby. Crystal Woods is a UK maker of finely crafted wooden wine racks that turn the display of your bottles into an art form.

A beautifully crafted wine rack is a statement piece that adds a wow factor every time you glance at the wine you have out on display. All sourced from local and indigenous woods, these wine racks are meticulously crafted down to the finest detail to ensure they last for generations.

You can see wine racks by appointment at Crystal Woods Dartmoor workshop with prices starting from as low as £250.

All the wine racks are sourced from local woods. All the wine racks are carefully crafted using methods that took years to develop.

Take a moment to watch the video below so you can appreciate the time, effort and skill that went into making the piece shown above.

Creation Process

A video on the making of a solid wood wine rack

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Customer Satisfaction

After a long search we found Crystal Woods website and commissioned Llewie to create a bespoke 15 bottle wine rack from a chestnut log that he selected. It was a pleasure to do business with Llewie.

His communications where excellent throughout the project, including photos and videos showing how the work was progressing. We were delighted with the result which truly demonstrated the high level of his craftsmanship.

Richard Sutcliffe

How A Whole Tree Wine Rack Is Made

The creation of a finely crafted whole trunk wine rack is a laborious process that can take weeks of work.

Starting from sourcing a suitable tree trunk that needs to be locally sourced (Devon) and delivered to the workshop.

That trunk will need to be shaped, levelled, cleaned and marked up for its transformation into a wine rack.

All wood is imperfect so any areas of rot need to be identified, cleaned and stabilised. Any cracks in the stump that may get bigger as the trunk dries need to be made secure with hardwood ties to ensure the wood stays strong for the duration of its long life. The ties add both strength and character to the final outcome but also take a lot of time to do well.

Once the trunk is cleaned and marked up, the difficult process of drilling out the holes for the wine bottles begins.

After the trunk is completely stabilised with ties, cleaned, planed and course sanded it is moved indoors to the workshop for the finishing process to begin. Here the finishing process begins. The holes are refined, bevelled and further sanded. Also, the trunk itself undergoes many hours of sanding with increasingly fine grits until it reaches a high degree of finish.

Once the wine rack is ready it's given multiple coats of oil using a variety of processes. There are then specific periods of drying time needed between the numerous coats used. It's then left to dry for several days. Once all the coats have been applied the final checks are made before delivery.

chainsawing the bark off a piece of Chestnut

sculpting a piece of Chestnut with a chain saw to make a wine rack

making wooden bow ties for a commission wine rack

inserting a wooden bow tie into a piece of Chestnut, commissioned wine rack

All the wine racks are sourced from local woods. Take some time to watch the video below to so you can appreciate the time, effort and skill that goes into making the piece we show above.

See the solid wood wine rack store Half barrel shape wine rack made from English Spalted Ash, locally sourced from Devon, shown displayed on the surface of a kitchen worktop, created by Crystal Woods

Half barrel shape wine rack made from English Spalted Ash, locally sourced from Devon, shown displayed on the surface of a kitchen worktop, created by Crystal Woods