 The Serve Yourself Wine Bar
Entertaining friends and family at home is an excellent alternative to going out in these difficult economic times. For me entertaining has always been a challenge between spending time with my guests and serving them. As many seasoned entertainers know the answer to enjoying your own party is planning, organizing and preparation. Foods can be prepared a day or more ahead of time as well as cleaning your home. The day of the party is busy with putting out the plates and utensils, adding decorative accents, candles and more. And with the popularity of wine, serving it at a party is always an excellent idea.
Here are some ideas for making your wine selection accessible, organized, a part of your elegant party decor and best of all self serve. Use your wine racks. That's right. Use your wine racks. A selection of table top wine racks can be very useful to display and organize your selection of wine that you will be serving at your party.
Main bar or drink area:
For your main bar or drink area use a larger wine rack with 5-10 spaces for bottles with a beverage tub nearby. Your white wine and other chilled wines, go in the tub. Additional white wine bottles are stored in the wine rack along with the back up red wines you are serving. Then when guests finish up one bottle they will look to the wine rack to replace it allowing you to relax and enjoy the party.
Put smaller wine racks in several locations: 
Another idea is to put smaller wine racks and wine buckets in several locations around the entertaining area of your house. Put one outdoors on the deck, one in the great room where people may be sitting and chatting. Your guests will love the accessibility and so will you. And there will not be a large clump of people hanging around your bar serving area.
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Winerackdecor.com has a selection of wine racks from 10 bottles for your larger wine storage needs to racks that hold 1 bottle and 2-4 wine glasses for smaller entertaining situations.
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