This artistic wood wine bottle holder is hand carved, shaped and sanded from an exotic solid hardwood.  The wood has a beautiful natural grain pattern with natural light and dark streaks running throughout.  Since this species has a lighter colored sap wood (outer edge) and a darker color heartwood (the core of the tree), it resemble our domestic walnut.  It is a gorgeous wood species and a true hardwood.  Each wood wine bottle holder will have its own inherent character – no two could ever be exactly alike.  That is the beauty of wood – a wood’s grain pattern is never the same, and each is a functional work of art.