Modern Wine Caddy Router Template (Clear Acrylic)

Create custom wooden wine caddies with our reusable clear acrylic Wine Caddy Templates. These laser-cut woodworking templates are designed to help woodworkers, makers, DIYers, and small shops create repeatable wine glass holder projects with clean layouts and consistent results.

These wine caddy templates are a great option for handmade gifts, wedding gifts, housewarming gifts, wine lovers, charcuterie board makers, craft show products, cottage gifts, hostess gifts, and small woodworking projects. The finished piece is designed to sit over the neck of a wine bottle and hold either two or four wine glasses, depending on the template option selected.

Each template is made from clear 1/4" thick acrylic, making it easy to position the design exactly where you want it on your wood. The clear material helps you line up grain, figure, epoxy details, knots, colour changes, or other visual features before cutting your final piece.

What Can You Make With This Wine Caddy Template?

This acrylic wine caddy template is made for creating custom wooden wine bottle and glass holders. These projects are useful, giftable, and easy to customize with different wood species, epoxy details, engraving, handles, edge profiles, or personalized finishing touches.

• Custom wooden wine caddies
• Wine bottle and glass holders
• Two-glass wine caddies
• Four-glass wine caddies
• Wedding, housewarming, and holiday gifts
• Charcuterie board and wine accessory pairings
• Craft show woodworking products
• Small woodworking projects using hardwood offcuts
• Personalized wine gifts

How to Use This Wine Caddy Template

This wine caddy template can be used for routing, tracing, layout, and repeatable small batch production. The best method depends on your tools, experience level, and the material you are using.

For many woodworkers, the easiest method is to attach the acrylic template to your wood with template tape and use a suitable router bit to follow the profile. You can also use the template as a tracing guide, rough cut the shape with a band saw or jig saw, drill the required openings, and then refine the edges with a router, spindle sander, or sanding tools.

Because the template is clear, you can place the design exactly where you want it before cutting. This is especially helpful when working with figured hardwood, epoxy-filled boards, live edge offcuts, or pieces where grain direction and visual layout matter.

Recommended Ways to Make Your Wine Caddy

• Router method: Attach the template to your wood with template tape and use a suitable router bit to follow the outside profile and template openings.
• Trace and cut method: Trace the template onto your wood, rough cut the shape with a band saw or jig saw, then sand the profile smooth.
• Drill and shape method: Use the template for layout, drill the bottle and glass stem openings, then cut and refine the final shape.
• Epoxy and wood method: Use the clear template to position the caddy over epoxy details, coloured resin, or figured grain before cutting.
• Batch production method: Use the reusable acrylic template to make multiple matching wine caddies for gifts, markets, or small shop inventory.

We recommend using Template Tape to temporarily attach the acrylic template to your wood. For routing the profile, we use this Router Bit for clean and repeatable template routing results.

Helpful Router Template Guides

New to working with acrylic woodworking templates? These guides can help you understand how router templates work, which router bits to use, how to attach templates securely, and how to get cleaner results on small woodworking projects like custom wine caddies.

• Router Template Guide - A helpful starting point for learning how acrylic router templates work and how they can be used for repeatable woodworking projects.
• What Router Bit Do I Need? - Learn how to choose the right router bit for acrylic templates, template routing, flush trimming, and cleaner project results.
• How to Attach Router Templates to Wood - See how to secure your template before tracing, routing, or shaping your project.
• Router Template Project Supplies - A useful guide for building a complete template setup with templates, router bits, template tape, wood, and finishing supplies.

Why Use a Clear Acrylic Wine Caddy Template?

A clear acrylic template makes layout easier because you can see through the template before committing to your cut. This helps you choose the best part of the board and position the design around grain, figure, epoxy, colour variation, or other details.

Instead of measuring and drawing the layout from scratch each time, the template gives you a repeatable shape that can be used again and again. This is especially helpful for small shops, craft show sellers, gift makers, and woodworkers who want consistent results across multiple projects.

Template Details

• Material: Clear acrylic
• Thickness: 1/4"
• Reusable design for repeat projects
• Great for routing, tracing, layout, and batch production
• Clear material helps with grain, figure, and epoxy placement
• Designed for making custom wooden wine caddies
• Great for small shops, DIYers, hobby woodworkers, and makers
• Glass stem opening: 3/4"
• Bottle opening: 1-1/2"

Available Wine Caddy Template Sizes

• 2 Glass Wine Caddy Template: 11.875" long by 3.5" wide - Template SKU: 02-003-250
• 4 Glass Wine Caddy Template: 11.875" long by 11.875" wide - Template SKU: 02-036-250

Great for Small Woodworking Projects

Wine caddies are a great way to use smaller boards, hardwood offcuts, epoxy scraps, figured pieces, and leftover material from larger woodworking projects. They are practical, giftable, and easy to customize, which makes them a strong project idea for both hobby woodworkers and small woodworking businesses.

These templates are especially useful if you sell at markets, make handmade gifts, create custom wine accessories, or want a repeatable woodworking project that does not require a large amount of material.

Wood Species and Design Ideas

Wine caddies can be made from a wide range of hardwoods depending on the look you want. Walnut, maple, cherry, white oak, ash, padauk, purpleheart, and other hardwoods can all work well for this type of project. You can also use epoxy accents, engraving, personalized initials, live edge details, or contrasting wood species to create a more custom finished piece.

For a more premium gift, pair a finished wine caddy with a matching charcuterie board, coaster set, serving tray, or bottle opener project.

Finishing Your Wine Caddy Project

After cutting and shaping your wine caddy, sand the piece smooth and apply an appropriate wood finish for your project. A clean finish helps protect the wood and gives the final piece a more polished, professional feel.

If the wine caddy may come into contact with food, snacks, or charcuterie-style use, choose a food-safe finish suitable for the way the piece will be used.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can this wine caddy template be used with a router?

Yes. This wine caddy template can be used with a router when it is properly attached to the workpiece and used with the correct router bit. You can also use it as a tracing and layout template if you prefer to cut and shape the piece with other tools.

Do I need a router to make a wine caddy with this template?

No. A router can help create clean and repeatable results, but it is not the only way to use the template. You can trace the shape, rough cut it with a band saw or jig saw, drill the openings, and sand the profile smooth.

What router bit should I use with this template?

For template routing, we recommend using a flush trim or pattern-style router bit designed for following acrylic templates. The best router bit depends on your router setup, material thickness, and the specific part of the template you are routing.

How do I attach the acrylic template to wood?

We recommend using template tape to temporarily secure the acrylic template to your wood. Template tape provides strong holding power while still allowing the template to be removed after routing, tracing, or layout work.

What size are the holes in the wine caddy template?

The glass stem openings are 3/4" and the bottle opening is 1-1/2".

What is the difference between the 2 glass and 4 glass wine caddy templates?

The 2 Glass Wine Caddy Template is designed to hold two wine glasses and measures 11.875" long by 3.5" wide. The 4 Glass Wine Caddy Template is designed to hold four wine glasses and measures 11.875" long by 11.875" wide.

Can I use this template for epoxy and wood wine caddies?

Yes. The clear acrylic template makes it easier to position the wine caddy shape over epoxy details, coloured resin, figured grain, or other design features before cutting.

Are these templates reusable?

Yes. These templates are made from 1/4" thick clear acrylic and are designed to be reused for multiple wine caddy projects.

What wood should I use for a wine caddy?

Hardwoods such as walnut, maple, cherry, white oak, ash, and other furniture-grade woods are great options. You can also use figured wood, epoxy blanks, offcuts, or leftover material from larger woodworking projects.

Are wine caddies a good product to sell at craft shows?

Yes. Wooden wine caddies are popular small woodworking products because they are useful, giftable, easy to personalize, and can often be made from smaller pieces of hardwood or leftover material.