This month’s edition of the Wine Product Roundup (in which I put to the test samples of wine wares that can’t actually be imbibed safely) just so happens to be themed, for your pleasure. And pleasurable it is, because that theme is Champagne (and, well, bubbles in general). First up, there’s the other Champagne guide…
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We Two Kings (December 2016 Wine Products Roundup)
It’s that time of the month here on 1WD. The time when we take a critical look at some of the samples I receive that cannot actually be safely imbibed. And now that we’re closing up 2016, this also happens to be the last monthly wine products round-up of the year. This month, both products…
Classy Openings, Surreptitious Sipping (September 2015 Wine Product Roundup)
Since closing out my Answers.com gig back in June of this year, I have found myself still inundated with wine product/accessory/gizmo samples (I’ve totally given up on trying to keep samples to a manageable number), but without a convenient (and conveniently highly trafficked) outlet with which to share the better or more interesting of those…
Invisible, Man (Sampling New Stemware from Ravenscroft)
Given its name, you’d expect the “invisibles collection” – a new line of glassware from crystal makers Ravenscroft, to be light, and probably thin. You’d be right of course, based on the stemware sample that they sent to me recently. What you might not expect, though, is the effect that the “Invisibles” glass has…