Wine storage solution

[evaliquette]

Ok, I am overly impressed by the creativity of the folks on these boards. I am looking to build a drawer system in the back of my Wrangler JKU. But one thing is missing from these posts people: integrated wine racks! Bring it on...

 

[robert]

You can actually get some decent wine in bags now. That said I generally still buy bottles. I have a closed cell foam sleeve I slide the bottle in to keep it from breaking; no problems so far.

 

[IdaSHO]

Im addicted to black box wines.

The malbec is fantastic!

Each box equals FOUR bottles :ylsmoke:

 

[haven]

Reds with a couple of years of bottle age produce sediment, and it would be stirred up by vehicle motion. Even with careful decanting, the flavor of the wine will likely be different. So leave your 1982 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande at home, and drink a boxed red with your cowboy chili.

 

[AndrewP]

Im addicted to black box wines.

The malbec is fantastic!

Each box equals FOUR bottles :ylsmoke:

I agree. Very decent wine and it travels well. It isn't great, just good. The Malbec has been their best.

A lot depends on the length of the trip. A few days, get the box. 2 weeks, bring some nice wines.

I like the idea of dedicated wine storage in an off road truck.

 

[pugslyyy]

You can get wine bottle sleeves that are made out of neoprene (wetsuit material). They have worked 100% for me.

 

[4x4BNB]

Not mine but....mine is almost exactly like this one...very easy to pluck the foam out for the desired amount of grape juice +

Then I use the airline track from US Cargo to hold them in place with a bungee....
http://www.uscargocontrol.com/Ratchet-Straps-Tie-Downs/Airline-Straps-Hardware

 

[Thirty-Nine]

Personally, I'd refrain from building a wine rack into a vehicle simply due to heat. Heat will kill your wine! I think that's the most important thing to keep in mind.

When we travel with wine, we either put them in coolers with ice packs (keeps heat AND light out), or if we're camping and don't want to bring bottles, we bought a few Platypus pouches and will fill them with and get all the air out. They're resealable, too.

Also, an electric fridge is also a great way to keep your wine at a cool, constant temperature.

 

[evaliquette]

Being Canadian, heat is not much of an issue and being French Canadian, I think we gave some kind of rule against boxed wine. I'm sure I've seen something on my birth certificate. I'll have to dig it up. Something about boxed wine is the devil or something or other. Kidding (almost) aside, I like your travel case idea 4x4BNB. The original thought was to build something fun and useful at the same time

 

[4x4BNB]

Useful...lol. We use it to prop up the dog's bed in the front seat area....serves double purpose . For us....

 

[evaliquette]

That's what I'm talking about. Useful, cool, self made, wine related

 

[Cole]

I'm considering this too for our Sprinter build.

I totally agree that the box wines can be good.....but........we have also discovered many random wineries on our travels! This of course leads to wine tasting and the purchase of wine in bottles. Some makes it home, some doesn't!

 

[Herbie]

I bought a 4-pack of the Platypus Platypreserve wine bags:

These get squished into the corners or gaps of the dry-goods tub. (Plus one white directly into the fridge to keep the Mrs. happy as soon as camp is setup.) The nice thing about these vs. buying wine directly in a bag is that you can reload along your trip if you happen to travel through wine country (as we do, often.) I've amused a lot of winery owners who will happily help me decant a couple of bottles into these mid-trip. Saves carrying the bottles and we get to drink lots of fun stuff.

The bags plus a set of GSI stemless wine tumblers are what first had people throwing the word "Glamper" in my direction.

 

[evaliquette]

Cramming wine in every nook, I like it!

 

[jerdog53]

This is what I have done.

Enough room for two bottles of wine and one bottle of Scotch!