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Wine Know

Wine is a subject we prefer studying with a glass, friends, and a good meal. However, if you’re looking to read up on the subject, Matt Kramer on Wine: A Matchless Collection of Columns, Essays, and Observations by America’s Most Original and Lucid Wine Writer ($12) is a great resource. The title is a little [...]

Fine Wining

The Code38 Stealth Wine Knife ($410) is the type of thing you’d expect to learn about from tales of King Arthur pulling it out of a lake, or by catching a movie with Harrison Ford fleeing a cave with the Stealth in hand. It’s designer, Jeffrey Toering, cut his teeth as an instrument fitter in [...]

Now you see it, now you don't

The Mirage Wine Rack ($45) is another ingenious project born from the social product development community Quirky. Its key point of differentiation involves a clever extendable rack system that holds between one and eight bottles of your favorite vintage. That may sound over-engineered for vino, but it helps avoid the pitiful impressions standard racks give [...]

For winos on the go

Thanks to the airlines/TSA imposing a liquid lockdown, stowing your favorite vintage on flights takes serious cojones. So, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: “does my checked luggage feel lucky, punk?” Using a Jetbag ($15, 3 pack) can make the proposition slightly less risky. Each re-sealable zip bag is padded with the same absorbent [...]

Think Mail Order Sommelier

Wine expert Michael Mondavi has created a new Private Cellars club to share his knowledge with those who have the funds to buy top bottles, but not necessarily the time to track them down. Enophiles who join have the option to choose from monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly shipments which are organized by region and contain [...]

Win(sn)o(w)

An excellent glass of wine after a long day of skiing is often just what the doctor ordered, particularly when your quads start to remind you how long you’ve been off the slopes. This Ski Rack Wine ($700) could be symbolic of that partnership, or just clever decoration for a chalet. In either case it’s [...]

Make Every Bottle A Screw Top

In case you’re looking for an excuse to own yet another electric screwdriver look no further than the Bosch IXO Vino Cordless Lithium-Ion Screwdriver ($60). The driver includes an exclusive corkscrew attachment to make bottle popping a snap and even ships with a wooden box to fit in with the barback crowd. Of course, that [...]

If Swiss Army Made a Wine Product...

Normally we’re not the type to encourage a lack of bar accessories, but in the case of the Nuance Wine Finer ($30) we’ll make an exception. That’s because it combines the functions of an aerator, filter, no-drip serving pourer, and stopper into one convenient wine accessory. That means using it should translate into less digging [...]

Think of it Like the Prelude to Your Future 20,000 Bottle Cellar

Aspiring wine connoisseurs short on space should make room for West Elm’s Wine Bar ($500). That’s because this nook worthy cabinet integrates a 12 bottle wine rack, and 2 compartments for wineglasses or serving tools into a 30″w x 18″d x 39.25″h package. It even features a removable serving tray should you need to bring [...]

A Wino's Fixture of Choice

Distinctive in every sense of the word, this Wine Bottle Chandelier from Pottery Barn ($399) is a creative fixture any wine lover can appreciate. Weighing 30 pounds and measuring 18″ in diameter, 33″ high, with a 6 foot chain for hanging, this chandelier is a manageable dining room table friendly size that won’t give those [...]

Wine For Anyone Who Spent Time Saving a Princess

Many of Jon Hughes’s movies may have immortalized nerds in the 80s as the most socially awkward characters to ever walk planet, but at some point nerds eventually grow up. No amount of time though can wash away the fond memories many newly minted adults have of long sessions glued to the tube, button mashing [...]

A Classic Vintage

Etsy is a veritable treasure trove when it comes to finding unique items. There’s definitely some crap on there, but the gems are worth the search. Recently, while searching around the site, we stumbled onto The Emperor Seat from Etsy seller StilNovo Design. A stool-style seat, it’s constructed from reclaimed oak sources from French wine [...]

If Anyone Orders Merlot...

As a man always looking for ways to stretch his dollar, trying to find a good wine on the cheap is certainly never a simple task. After all, there’s no better than for having a few bottles of red stocked, than when you’re throwing down a batch of Gear Burgers or Steak-Au-Poivre. It’s times like [...]

12 Bottle Storage in One Small Tower

Today’s wine accessory pick joins our ongoing list of wine gear by being both incredibly affordable and particularly space conscious. Made from solid wood and coated in a Mahogany finish, this slim mini wine tower measures Overall: 9½”(W) x 9½”(D) x 28″(H) and has a max capacity of 12 bottle. A great choice for apartment [...]

From Bullets to Bottles

Is there a wine rack with more masculine appeal than this? Survey says no. Built from a vintage ammunition box dating back to the 1960′s and 70′s, with a few minor alterations this rustic wood case has been perfectly re-purposed from that of annihilation to inebriation. Well…perhaps annihilation might still apply if you managed to [...]