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Hand-painted wine glasses by Jodi Granovsky

Through Some Glasses, Prettily (October 2017 Wine Product Roundup)2 min read

Posted on October 4, 2017October 7, 2017 by 1WineDude

in wine products

Hand-painted wine glasses by Jodi Granovsky
Photo-bomb courtesy of Lorelai Roberts

Hand-painted wine glasses by Jodi GranovskyOnce again with travel looming, and with a break between bouts of Alsace coverage probably not being that bad of an idea, we’re going with an early run of the monthly wine product review roundup (in which we highlight wine product samples that I receive that cannot be safely digested).

First up, we go (very) small scale with Hand-painted wine glasses by Jodi Granovsky (around $30 and up). Granovsky contacted me and offered up some examples of her work (available on Etsy), which I can now attest to striking a fantastic balance between obviously-hand-made and display-worhty-rustic-chic. As you’ll see from the inset pics, she’s fond of seasonal themes.

Generally – and it’s the case here – I don’t recommend ornamented stemware for drinking, as the designs tend to overshadow (and in some cases obscure) the true star of the gustatory show, which ought to be the wine, and cleaning something that is hand painted tends more often than not to be a pain. But if you’re looking for a pretty, high-quality gift for a wine lover on your list, these would likely find a nice spot on display somewhere in his/her home.

ArT wine preserver
image: amazon.com

Next, and lastly, I was recently able to put a sample of the ArT Wine Argon Wine Preserver Spray (about $15) through the paces. The ArT is basically a can of non-toxic argon gas that you spray directly into an opened bottle of wine. Being denser than air, the argon should sink below whatever oxygen is in the bottle, protecting the unfinished wine in the bottle from oxidation (thanks, chemistry!). ArT claims a fourteen day preservation maximum; I sprayed the stuff into a half-empty bottle of Christophe Pacalet Chenas (delightful, by the way), put the ArT-provided stopper into the bottle neck, and left town for about a week. When I came back, that Chenas was still fresh-as-a-daisy drinkable (ask me how I know).

On the plus side, ArT is easy to use, it seems to work great, and the can is recyclable. The downsides: I’m not sure how the hell you will be able to tell when you’re getting low on argon in the can (ArT claims it’s good for up to 130 uses), and it’s probably the least-romantic wine preserver ever (unless you consider spraying Glade to be a romantic endeavor). Still, I can see a lot of viable uses for it, particularly on premise.

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4 thoughts on “Through Some Glasses, Prettily (October 2017 Wine Product Roundup)2 min read”

  1. Nils says:
    October 8, 2017 at 2:24 am

    Wow, what nice drinking glasses. The second one looks like a drinking glas for mulled wine. But I think it would be verry hot after filling the hot mulled wine on?

    Greets from Germany
    Nils

    1. 1WineDude says:
      October 8, 2017 at 7:21 am

      I think that the most appropriate receptacle for most mulled wine or gluehwein is probably a toilet…

  2. Jacob says:
    October 24, 2017 at 7:37 am

    I’m impressed that ArT Wine Argon worked, never heard about that before, but I think you have to be careful and try not shaking with a bottle. For example during putting wine bottle to the wine fridge. What do you think @1WineDude ?

    1. 1WineDude says:
      October 24, 2017 at 4:09 pm

      Jacob – sorry, bro, not sure I understand. It’s not like the stuff is volatile…?

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