Wine Glass Cabinets
Buy the best wine glass cabinets selected and recommended by interior designers. By Chloe Hughes.
You already have the wine bottle holder, or even a wine bottle fridge, and probably a place to put the cork screw. But do you have a quality place to store your collection of wine stems? We have a solution. These impressive wine glass cabinets are beautiful, hand-crafted, and will make your home look amazing while holding all your wine and liquor drinking glasses.
Wine Glass Cabinets
Buying Guide
Chloe Hughes
Interior Design Expert
Chloe is a highly-regarded expert in all things vintage and antique. She’s excited to share her vast knowledge with readers and clients wishing to infuse their homes with a mixture of old-time warmth and modern comfort. In addition to her design work, Chloe regularly volunteers at her local community center, teaching DIY projects to adults and kids.
There are three main types of wine glass cabinets, including freestanding, wall-mounted, and low-line. Freestanding cabinets are great if you want stylish storage for your home. However, they tend to be large and are unsuitable for compact spaces.
Wall-mounted wine cabinets are great options for those who are looking to save floor space. These models mount securely to your wall and allow you to store your wine glass collection out of reach from children and pets.
Low-line cabinets are multipurpose pieces of furniture that can act as a console, sideboard, or buffet. You can even transform a low-line unit into an elegant home bar, storing your stemware, glassware, and cocktail-making tools on top, and your wine bottles, liquor, and mixers underneath.
You can arrange wine glasses in your wine glass cabinet in one of three ways: upright, to avoid weakening the rim; upside-down, hanging from a rack; or upside-down to avoid dust. Which method you choose will depend on the specific type of wineglass you have. If your wine glass cabinet is larger or is open-air, storing your glasses upside down is likely best. However, if you have particularly fine stemware, storing them upright will help you minimize breakage.
Either way, be sure to leave 0.25” between glasses to avoid chips and cracks.
For wine glass cabinets, you need to consider not only the amount of room that you have in your home, but also the type of wine that you usually drink. For example, if you enjoy drinking champagne or other types of effervescent wines, you’ll own a large number of flutes—which are necessarily taller than the smaller glasses needed for a dry red.
Think about the height of your most-used wine glasses and allow an extra 1” for height, as well as an additional 0.5” for each glass that you plan to place horizontally on your shelves. We wouldn’t recommend shelving less than 8” tall for your wine glasses.