I moved into my condo almost 9 years ago. It had a dishwasher. I was used to washing dishes by hand, so didn't think much of it, especially since internally it's an odd shape, so it fits partly under the sink. At some point or another, I realized that I could store wine horizontally in the dishwasher, and since I don't have another wine rack, started doing that. With the odd shape, I've managed up to 13 bottles at once.
Side note: after a couple of years, I asked the rabbi whether the dishwasher was kasherable or not, and was surprised to hear that it was (based on materials, etc). It had already sat unused for a year (fallow, I never get to use the word fallow :-), so I had to run an empty cycle with soap, and I'd have a kosher dishwasher. Hooray! So I did. And then I couldn't figure out which flavor to make it.... I tend to eat more milchigs, but fleishig dishes are greasier and tend to sit over Shabbat.... I kept waffling. I continue to waffle (Equality for pancakes! Pancake rights! Verb pancakes now!), so it remains a handy wine rack.
Re: dishwasher
Side note: after a couple of years, I asked the rabbi whether the dishwasher was kasherable or not, and was surprised to hear that it was (based on materials, etc). It had already sat unused for a year (fallow, I never get to use the word fallow :-), so I had to run an empty cycle with soap, and I'd have a kosher dishwasher. Hooray! So I did. And then I couldn't figure out which flavor to make it.... I tend to eat more milchigs, but fleishig dishes are greasier and tend to sit over Shabbat.... I kept waffling. I continue to waffle (Equality for pancakes! Pancake rights! Verb pancakes now!), so it remains a handy wine rack.