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Solid wood is really the best material to build wine servers or wine racks, just like most dining room furniture. They are long-lasting, easy to repair, and their aesthetic never goes out of style. Wood naturally changes color over time, due to natural weathering. It also takes easily to manual "staining" or darkening to achieve a more rustic or vintage appearance.
Solid wood is also more ideal than other materials because it is more resistant to temperature changes. However, it is also prone to natural damages like weathering, organisms, or getting scrapes, cuts, or gouges on its surface. Hardwood would usually be resistant to these agents if it is pre-treated.
Any type of hardwood is ideal for creating a wine server, as long as it is of good quality. It is also important to have the wood treated with a waterproof finish to make it resistant to stains and damage. The choice of wood to use for servers or racks depends on the wine owner's preferences for color, texture, appearance, and finish, just like choosing any other dining room furniture.
The strength and hardness of the wood will depend on the function and the size of the collection it will hold. For wine racks, it will be sufficient to use sensible and durable wood, but for wine servers, more durable wood types are necessary if it will hold not only wine bottles but wine accessories, all at once. It might also house a heavy cooler if the server will be placed above ground, and shall be prone to warm temperature.
Here are some examples of popular choices for wood material for wine servers. These hardwoods are the types already available in wood stores or specialty shops. They are also types that will be offered by professional cabinetmakers. For discerning wine owners, rare and special wood can be an option, but the priority is really the strength and durability of the solid wood.
Cherry: This reddish-brown hardwood is popular because of its even texture and propensity to look beautiful after shining or buffing. Compared to other wood types, cherry greatly changes in color through age and natural sunlight, eventually gaining shades of a deep red-brown coloration.
Oak: Oak is an extremely sturdy and solid type of hardwood. Its variety of Red Oak is the most common choice for dining room furniture and other wood furnishings. It is more durable than other solid wood types, and is more resistant, although not immune, to coloring over time.
Hickory: Hickory is the hardest and most solid type of hardwood easily available in the market. Unlike other types, it naturally comes in varied shades (like medium blonde to brown), with light and dark patches appearing on a single surface. It changes in color substantially.
Walnut: Walnut is slightly uncommon compared to other wood types. It also has a rougher texture compared to other solid wood. It is much darker in color compared to other wood types, and it changes in color slightly through aging.
Hard Maple: Hard maple is a rough wood, and is lighter in texture compared to other types, so it does not take to artificial staining or coloration as well as other types. Its natural shade can even grow lighter over time as it ages. But it is very durable and resistant to cuts, gouges, and scrapes.
Maple: The natural coloring of maple is irregular. Although it is off-white in color, it usually has a discernible grain pattern on its surface. It is ideal for storage interiors, or else stained with a dark color.
A serious wine collector can enjoy the benefits of a well-built wine rack to display and store their entire collection securely. Individuals who enjoy good times with their friends and relatives can better entertain with strategically located wine servers that can hold not only wine bottles, but also wine accessories like glasses, decanters, cork openers, and other things.
Whichever situation applies, the ideal options can always be determined by doing some research, and by exploring all the choices given to a wine owner. A well built wine rack or wine server can become a beautiful piece of dining room furniture or hallway furnishing. It can last to become an integral part of memorable happenings, and it can be passed down from generation to generation, as an heirloom.
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