I have seen soooo many beautiful Wine Crates on here that when a friend of mine who LOOOOOVES wine asked me to "surprise him" I need exactly what to do! I read a forum on here advising different techniques for the bottles. SUPER helpful. I went with Fondant draped over the bottles and left to dry. I also read to paint it with vegetable oil and water on here which made it INCREDIBLY shiney for the delivery (you could actually see your reflection!!!) nothing but fondant, cake and buttercream! Oh and the straw was run through my speghetti cutter on my pasta maker and then airbrushed :)