"wine glasses" news and stories

I'm not quite sure what to make of Alice Wang's set of two wine glasses. In the box, they look a little strange because one of them looks like it was taken out of the fire a little too soon. It's tilted! But it's tilted for a reason - so Fido can sip his wine, too.

Granted, I am not sure it's actually safe for a dog to drink wine, but the idea of the Pet Plus Wine Glasses is cute for a pet-parent and his or her pup to share in a drink together, lounging out on the veranda. Just pour yourself the Pinot, and fill his glass with water.

The Pet Plus Wine Glasses are available from designer Alice Wang's website.

More on pets and food:
Animals who like people food
Real Food for Cats, Cookbook of the Day
Dog dining bill advances

I spotted this great set of Cheers Shot Glasses over at Luxist. Made by Waterford, each of the glass shot glasses is engraved with a different way of saying "cheers!" In addition to English, the other languages are Gaelic - slainte!, Spanish - salud!, Italian - cin cin!, Japanese - kan-pai! and German - prost! The glasses will serve as a conversation piece and will add a little bet of extra cheer to any and all celebrations. The set is packaged in a circular gift box, so all you need is a bow to turn it into a holiday present or a hostess gift. Best of all, the set is part of one of the Vintage Marquis collection, which is one of the more reasonably priced Waterford lines, and is only $49.

If shot glasses aren't a part of your entertaining plans for the holidays, Waterford is also offering a set of celebration balloon wine glasses ($79) that are engraved with celebrate, cheers, joy, festive, soiree and holiday.

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Many a-blog has a hugely talented photographer behind it; many of these participate in my (and Sams) monthly photo challenge over on flickr. Foodography is all about taking pictures to a theme regardless of your level of expertise or humbleness of photo equipment. Feed back is encourage so all can learn and improve. And even if you are not 'in to' photography yourself you can always admire the very best of food porn.

Round 7 of Foodography has been announced. This has a theme of Wine Bottle and Glass. This is a subject you see over and over again but are any of the images memorable enough - or, as I expect, tend to the plain, dull and unadventurous? Head over to flickr for the first uploaded shots and leave some comments if you see something you like.

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Alcohol - we all know that certain people are more susceptible to suffering addiction than others. This story in the Independent says that 5 or 10 years ago, the average age patients with an alcohol problem was about 45; now it is about 35 and we are seeing people as young as 18 who are alcoholics.

And the reason they site for this worrying problem? Over-sized wine glasses. There is a trend for serving wine in ever larger glasses. I am not sure why. Perhaps it lends a sense of generosity, of extravagance or a sign of decadence that our prosperous society is reveling in at the moment.

"People have become used to these outsized glasses. They fill them up and believe it's OK because they are only having one glass, but that can now amount to a third of a bottle. If they have a small glass, they feel cheated."

In the UK the old 'standard' serving of wine was in a 125ml glass which contains one unit of alcohol, but a standard pub measure was increased to 175ml last year and larger glasses may contain as much as 250ml.

 

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When a phone call or e-mail isn't as intimate as you would like, there is a new technology that will allow you to share a drink with a loved one - no matter how great the physical distance between you two: glowing wine glasses. The glasses were designed by researchers at MIT. When one glass of a pair is picked up, its matching glass gives off a red glow. When lips are pressed to one glass, presumably while drinking, the partner glass glows brightly. The glasses contain liquid sensors and wireless links that trigger the light-emitting diodes.

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