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Design, Inside-Out

September 15th, 2010 by Tom Johnson

Alissia Melka-Teichroew of AMT design plays with negative space in the construction of her acrylic Champagne flutes. Very cool. Two for 60 bucks, here. There are also liqueur and martini glasses.

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In the Continuing Quest to Make Wine as Gadget-Intensive as Golf

September 9th, 2010 by Tom Johnson

The wine bottle speaker. Seriously.

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Halloween Approaches

August 25th, 2010 by Tom Johnson

Who knew there were costumes aimed at the wine market?

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Because Not Everyone Who’s Into Wine Is In Touch With Their Feminine Side

August 20th, 2010 by Tom Johnson

Even prettied-up with walnut stain and brass hardware, this surplus ammo case won’t blend into a California Casual dining room. In fact, I’m guessing the crowd reaction at a respectable Napa croquet party would be horror, but then that’s the point. In real life it’s vertical and wall-mountable; the photo’s rotated 90 degrees clockwise so it won’t [...]

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This Is Kind of the Ultimate In Wine Packaging

June 23rd, 2010 by Tom Johnson

The Antique Wine Company has commissioned a series of custom wine cabinets that come filled with wine. The collectors’ items…feature Chateau d’Yquem, Chateau Haut-Brion, Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion and Chateau Petrus. This follows the success of the Chateau Margaux architectural cabinet of which the first was purchased by the chateau itself. Limiting each Chateau edition [...]

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Just Because It’s a Blind Tasting Doesn’t Mean It Has to Be a Bland Tasting

May 20th, 2010 by Tom Johnson

The Wine Monkey.

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For Those of You Who Stand In Front of the Microwave Shouting “Faster!”

May 12th, 2010 by Tom Johnson

Wine Chill Drops, little thermodynamically dense paperweights you drop into warm wine to… …cool a single glass of wine to the ideal serving temperature up to 20 minutes faster than your refrigerator can chill a full bottle. Now when you get home from the wine shop, you don’t have to wait hours for that special [...]

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Big Gulps

April 22nd, 2010 by Tom Johnson

Steven Kolpan of Salon and Michael Steinberger of Slate do similar experiments, eight years apart. One night last week, I pulled out a bottle of the 1999 Château d’Armailhac, a very respectable classified growth from the Pauillac appellation in Bordeaux, and put it on the kitchen table alongside six glasses: a plastic water cup; a water glass; [...]

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Q: How Can I Look Like a Big Doofus at My Next Party

March 29th, 2010 by Tom Johnson

From the Perpetual Kid website, from whence you may purchase the Finger Food Party Plate: Fortunately, we’ve got the answer… these charming little plates with rings that fit right on your finger. Now you can balance your glass and your hors d’ouevres, and look positively in control the whole time. Genius! I think, technically, they [...]

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