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Custom Wine Racks

With custom wine racks, you can purchase the perfect rack for your unique situation. You no longer are stuck with limited choices. The choices are limitless when it comes to custom wineracks. Everyone remembers the day when selection was limited to stock on hand. In today's world with so many companies fighting for your hard-earned dollar the power has shifted from seller to consumer. You state what your ideal wine rack size, style, and material, and you purchase your own custom wine rack.

A custom winerack is a simple or complex as you are. Many wine racks can be used as an individual unit or stacked to form a matrix unit. You decide. This freedom will allow you to be more creative. Instead of limiting yourself to having a closet wine collection, you can choose to build a partial wall mounted wine rack right into your kitchen. Or how about those bottles of wine you have been keeping in boxes in the pantry; why not buy a custom wine rack that fits in the corner where the dust bunnies are living.

As with most other kinds of wine racks, custom wine racks come with complete, detailed, easy to understand instructions, and can be assembled in a short period of time. You do not have to be an architectural engineer to order a custom wine rack either. Just measure the desired location and browse the selection of custom wine racks. If you do not see a wine rack you like or if you are having trouble, company representatives at various merchants will gladly make some suggestions.

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January 10, 2009 - Quality Wine

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Tips for planning your own winery adventure

If you are planning on taking off on your own wine tasting trip this summer, there are some steps you can take to make sure that your winery adventure meets your expectations. The following suggestions will help make it an experience to remember.

There are several great resources on the internet where you can find information on wineries in many areas. Your best bet is to choose one winery that you definitely want to visit - then build from there. Insert the city of the winery you chose into a search engine's yellow pages. (MSN is my favorite...it has a nice distance search). Search for wineries in a specific radius from this city...around 50 miles usually works. Unless you have chosen a very remote winery, this search will usually yield many more wineries to choose from and add to your agenda.

If you are lucky, most of the wineries you have found will have an informative website where you can check exact locations, operating hours, types of wine they produce, special events and more. Choose no more than five total wineries to visit in one day. Be sure to call any wineries that do not have a website, especially if you are not traveling during the summer months. Some of the smaller wineries do not keep regular business hours, so it's best to verify operating hours before you finalize your plans.

After you know exactly which wineries you will be visiting...and in what order...try to book accommodations very close to the last winery. Using a search engine's yellow pages distance search (like you did when searching for wineries) is also great for this. Book as early as possible. Many times the closest accommodations are small inns or bed and breakfasts and they tend to book-up quickly.

While on your journey, please taste responsibly.

About the Author

A wine enthusiast and frequent wine traveler, Sharon Alexander, is owner of Winery Adventures.com. The Winery Adventures web site features winery reviews and tips for wine travelers. The site also features monthly wine recommendations, articles, wine classifieds and a free monthly newsletter.

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Escape cold, damp days and take refuge from gray skies and the lonely Boulevard this winter at a multifaceted establishment with a vintage seashore exterior that invites guests inside to enjoy contemporary decor, elegant simplicity and warm hospitality.

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