Before you spend in either a free standing or wall mounted wine rack there're a few things you must think about.

Your first selection is how much wine do you plan to store? If you are planning on storing a lot of wine and long time then you may find it best to have 2 areas. One for long term wine storage and another for daily use. If you go for this selection you are best off choosing a wall mounted wine rack for your long time storage, that is best kept slightly out of the way.

The advantage of having storage out of the way, in a cupboard or basement is that it will be a more controllable environment. For successful wine storage temperature is key. If there is a large temperature fluctuation then you may find that it influences the cork and this will permit in oxygen which will ruin the wine.

Once you've found a suitable area for you wine storage you can then start looking the rack options available. A wall mounted wine rack is by far the safest option. Most wine racks won't fall over as they're well designed and weight of the wine should be equally distributed across the design. But why should you take the risk? With a wall mounted wine rack you can feel confident that nothing short of an earth quake is going to move the rack.

there are other advantages to the wall mounted wine rack. These are sometimes designed to be increased as required, so you can increase your storage as you require by putting an additional rack next to the previous, this makes a simple modular storage system which means you can broaden the cost of the storage over a time period.

By choosing a modular wall mounted wine rack it will be simpler to maximize the storage even if your space isn't a regular area. One critical thing to keep in mind when planning a modular storage system is to start your storage with the tallest wine rack you can and then you can reduce the size as you work outwards towards the lower areas. This means that if you've any unusable space it will most likely be in the least accessible areas.

In summary a wall mounted wine rack will probably be versatile, safe and won't cost a lot. Naturally, if you want something that will completely maximise the space you have your can get a carpenter to build you a bespoke wall mounted wine rack, but if you have a look around first I think you will get something which is more than appropriate on the market.