They’ve made thumb drives out of pretty much everything; even Luke Skywalker comes in USB form. Now, snobby wine connoisseurs everywhere can confuse their dozens of wine corks lying around the house for this 1GB USB flash drive.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t double as a wine stopper, it just looks like one, so if you happen to mix it up and try to use it as one, you can kiss your data goodbye. Look on the bright side: you can always drink the pain away.
If you’ve been known to be a bit of a wino (maybe even perusing your share of fine art), you probably know that allowing the air to hit your wine is an important part of the tasting experience. Sure, sticking a penis in the bottle will stop the air from reaching it too early, but what about when you actually want to drink it?
The Vinturi Wine Aerator not only allows the right amount of air to reach your wine, resulting in “a better bouquet, enhanced flavor, and a smoother finish”, but looks stylish at the same time. Get your for $36. — Andrew Dobrow
Even if you’re not a fan of the wine with fruit floating in it, speakers made from sangria jugs are a pretty unique idea for some drunken musical entertainment. Wino Carlo Rossi has created the Sangria Sound System for your alcoholic pleasure.
Don’t get your head too far up in the clouds. This mug knows how the world works, and it ain’t pretty. In a jest action for those who think the glass is half full, this mug verifies to the optimists that they are so wrong.
Apparently the owner of the pictured mug is a vampire. Or is an alcoholic, and covers his habit by drinking his wine from a mug. No, it’s not fruit juice. You and your damn optimism. — Andrew Dobrow
It is quite obvious that the winter holiday season is now gone. It would be wrong to say that it left just a quickly as it came, because the Christmas merchandise usually goes up for sale around October. So now that all of the holiday parties are over, what are you going to do with all of this extra food, well here’s what you can do with the wine that you didn’t drink (shame on you). This inexpensive little device creates a vacuum inside of your wine bottle so that the wine doesn’t go bad so quickly. It only costs $12, and with a couple pumps, your wine will be ready to stay for a few more days in the fridge. It is made of a simple brushed metal and sits on top of your pre-openned bottles. One little bit of advice, unless you want to go into explanation mode to all of your new sophisticated friends, don’t let them see this awesome gadget. Not only will they have one in less than a week, you will lose that cool feeling that you had discovered something for yourself for once… — Nik Gomez
Wine Bottle Seal [via UberReview]
Just when Christmas is over and New Year’s eve is approaching, you might want to take a break from all that booze and partying. It might be worthwhile to save whatever’s left in the bottle, it would be great if the wine doesn’t turn sour, it would even be better if you can see when it has been kept for too long. Globalwine Japan has got this handy and inexpensive VacuView that not only sucks air out of the bottle, but with a movable stopper that can indicate if too much gas has been generated when you leave the bottle standing for too long. They’re selling this for US$18 at Amazon Japan.