While you patiently wait for the completion of your chateau’s 5,000 bottle cellar (or five bottles in your pantry), allow us to recommend the Wine Knot for displaying your vino favorites. Made of two intersected molded birch & walnut components, the wine knot has slots for six regular bottles along its perimeter and one magnum sized bottle in the center. Needless to say we’re sold, but the knot definitely merits a boost for looking strangely similar to the GP logo. Bonus.

Editors Note: Style is important, but don’t blow all that dough you’ve spent on wine by exposing it to prolonged UV light.

Cost: $105 @

40 years ago, Macanudo was introduced to the United States. A premium cigar made with full-bodied Dominican and Nicaraguan tobacco, aged in tercios and charcoal wooden barrels and binded with Connecticut Habano in a Honduran San Agustin Havana seed wrapper, the Macanudo was and is, delicious.

In celebration Macanudo has brought out a special edition cigar called the Macanudo 1968. The cigar, which would normally cost you 40 bucks is available for $8 (set of three) for a limited time. A damn fine deal. Get in on it while supplies last. I just ordered a set.

Cost: $8 (Limited Time) @ Macanudo

Also See: Max Benjamin Mini Cigar Bar ($270) | Davidoff 12 Cigar Set ($161) | XIKAR Xi3 Exotic Cigar Cutters ($99)

Though the methodology for making fine wine might not have changed that much over the centuries, thanks to Cork Pops the same can’t be said for opening it.

Packaged with a CO2 cartridge (good for 60-80 bottles) and featuring a custom designed insertion guide, needle guard, and a patented cork release feature; this wine opener’s specs might sound better suited for surgery. One public opening though will provide enough wow factor to have friends and father in-laws alike clamoring for the next bottle.

However, if you can’t be sold on jealously alone, we also timed the gas powered upstart against the corkscrew standby in an good ole’ fashioned race. Between cutting the foil and uncorking the bottle, the Cork Pops got the job done in just under a quarter of the time it took the old screw to finally regurgitate its charge. Rest assured this had nothing to do with limp wrists.

What this means to you: Thanks to the Legacy, opening a bottle of wine is now almost as fun as drinking it (almost).

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Cost: $28 @ CorkPops

Also Shown: Monkey Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2007 - New Zealand ($10)

Drinking is fun. That’s undeniable. So why not have something just as clever and stylish as you to serve your beverages in this summer.

After looking high and low for a vessel that qualified I came across the Cubist Cocktail Set. A perfect way to serve that martini without the dainty glass. The set includes four cone-shaped mouth-blown glasses and an espresso stained wooden tray that holds the glass cubes in place.

Cost: $64 @ Red Envelope

Also See:
Graf-Lantz The Quiver Wine Holder | $130
Johnnie Walker Private Tasting Kit | $50

Your joy for Johnnie Walker can only be surpassed by sharing it with others in a Johnnie Walker Private Tasting. It’s only available to Striding Man Society Members (free registration), but it’s an experience you will undoubtedly win much praise and adoration from your friends for hosting.

A Johnnie Walker Master of Scotch will bring all the necessary components to host a tasting event at your location of choice including Johnnie Walker Red Label, Black Label, Green Label, Gold Label and the much beloved Blue Label. The concierge will organize every detail of the event from the invitations right down to arrangement of transportation home for your guests after the event.

Cost: $2,500+ @ Johnnie Walker Private Tasting

Does three grand sound prohibitive? Well, host your own Johnnie Walker tasting event then.

Purchase a Johnnie Walker Limited Edition Tasting Kit, your JW Labels of choice, I suggest starting with Black Label, invite some friends over and enjoy the finer taste of life.

Cost: $50 @ Johnnie Walker

What better way to entertain than offering a bevy of beverages? Use the Electrolux Beverage Center to store your chilled drinks in an under-the-counter solution that’s perfect for your wet-bar, kitchen or game room.

The Beverage Center will keep an interior temperature within 1° of your setting ensuring no Wine, Soda or Beer go improperly chilled. Three shelves will smoothly glide in and out effort-free on ball bearings. An automatic interior light and blue LED display make for easy viewing of controls and your beverage collectio, and an alarm will sound if the door stays open longer than five minutes. We like to think of it more like a notification system telling you that your cronies’ sojourn for his fifth Negra Modelo is raising your electric bill.

Cost: $1300 @ Best Buy