We aren't promoting drinking your way through the holidays, but we aren't not promoting it either. Think how much easier it will be to deal with the familial guilt and shortcomings, the awkward work party conversations and kisses from your mustachioed aunties when you're half in the bag! And as an added bonus: you will be the envy (and newly...
O.M.G. I have finally found what I was missing (thought I didn't know it until I saw it): a wine carrier for a bike. That's right, strap on a bottle and head off into the night (not on a fixie now, though, they are so passe anymore). Nothing could be more hipster-y and elitist (yes, I will wear those monikers if I must). Imagine the next dinner...
These glasses are modeled after the seven deadly sins. Each has a unique design, each is handmade. Sloth is a large decanter that has to be held over the drinker. Lust has a glass ball valve at the bottom that requires pressing with one's tongue to move the liquid. Wrath is, well, dangerous. And greed has lots of Chihuly-esque blobs (that hold...
I remember back in the day when I was learning video and web by day and bartending by night. I had friends who were chefs and friends who were sommeliers. And we did a lot of tastings. Cheese tastings, wine tastings, charcuterie tastings. Everything - we were so hungry to learn about all these foods and wines that we were discovering and we...
I don't know what to think about this thing. It's clearly some kind of subconscious nightmare of eroticiscm and homo-eroticism by comic book artist and designer Massimo Giacon. Spiritsona it is called. Apparently it was originally designed for a liquor company who decided not to use it (can't imagine why). Frankly, I'm at a loss for words....
There are any myriad ways of opening wine. I like the Samurai sword style: just one sweep of a razor-sharpened katana across the neck and let the pinot noir flow. But for those who like a slightly less dramatic method, try this "Hinged Wondler" from True Fabrications. It's design is taken from Victorian era (thus the steampunk aesthetic) wine...
We've mentioned recycled wine staves before (and we explain the where's and why's of it all) Here's another good use: as a cheese board. Of course you probably don't want to use recycled cheese. What's nice about these is that they are long, so you have space for a nice spread of cheese. And yes, they are made from recycled and local (at least...
I was driving down the highway. Once. A long time ago. And from out of nowhere, CRACK! A rock torqued into my windshield from a passing semi. Fortunately, I had thrown down for the full coverage in my auto insurance and someone actually came out to my office to swap out the windshield. No sweat off my back. But I hate when that stuff happens....
OK. So it's a little wonky. But it will look great on your Thanksgiving table. And it's green. Why? Well that requires a little info about wine barrels... To the best of our knowledge, the only truly sustainable wine barrels are the French ones. The French realized long ago (remember, they've been making wine for 700 years so they have a bit of...
We have a lot of wine here at mmmStuff. We kind of like the stuff. But one thing we're always trying to figure out; is how best to store it. There's the whole temperature issue, humidity, light. All these things that can affect how the wines age. But beyond that, there's simply the question of what to put them in. Those clunky old cardboard...
