Tis the season for displaying off your wine type.
Wine lovers know shopping for the bottle is only one facet of having fun with wine. Buying the precise accouterments is the opposite pleasure of the oenophile life. From service to sipping, listed here are just a few high-style luxuries to repair your behavior or that of somebody in your present record.
The house wine bar
High: All Clad helps you open wine. Backside: The Buccellati “Tahiti” bottle stopper helps you retain it … [+]
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All Clad wine accessory set. From the corporate that makes the much-coveted skilled cookware, this three-piece set features a foil cutter, opener, and an aerator. Good-looking in its easy class, fabricated from sturdy chrome steel. $99.95
Buccellati “Tahiti” sterling silver bottle stopper. Initially designed within the Nineteen Sixties for an Italian industrialist’s non-public yacht, this sterling silver and bamboo is considerably unique, and impressed by Paul Gauguin’s Polynesian artworks. Handmade in Italy. 3 inches lengthy. $540
Alessi Jasper Morrison Bolly wine cooler. From the Italian home-design agency. Modern, natural design. Stainless-steel, $225-$235
Cools methods to show your wine. L-R: Alessi wine cooler, KitchenAid wine fridge, French wine rack
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KitchenAid undercounter wine fridge. The splurge is price it for the glossy built-in design and model reliability issue. Six sliding racks on this 24-inch-wide mannequin maintain 46 bottles. Twin temperature zones for reds and whites (although, actually 55 levels F for each is right). $2294.
French wine bottle rack. Impressed by the custom riddling (turning) racks in Champagne, this ornamental reclaimed Mango wooden rack is a clean canvas the place can show your assortment of memento bottles and different memorabilia. Empty bottles solely; rack just isn’t designed to carry weight. $236 on sale; reg. $249
Glassware
The fashionable dwelling wine bar retains it easy with a latest development away from a set of variously sized and formed glasses for reds and whites and in direction of a “common” type that accommodates each types—and even glowing wine.
Left, GlasVin competes with many high-end manufacturers with its elegant and easy “common” glass. … [+]
GlasVin, Schott Zwiesel
GlasVin is a latest entrant within the pro-glass class, with a sublime and well-priced common glass it sells direct-to-consumer. Mimicking the ethereal high quality of European-made glasses at a fraction of the value, the stemware is on the tables at high-end eating places akin to Gabriel Kreuther,. New York-based GlasVin’s hand-blown choices are mild, delicate however surprisingly sturdy. Set of two: $70. Different varietal glasses out there, costs range.
Should you are set on a glass for each type, German glass blower Schott Zwiesel has a variety of types and costs plus the panache of a heritage model. For a little bit of Nineteen Twenties class, take a look at the Artwork Deco-inspired “Glamorous” line with its black stemmed glasses and delicate etching. Set of two: $280
A story of two decanter designers. L: Simon Pearce, R: Richard Brendon
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Simon Pearce “Madison” wine decanter. A best-selling classically designed decanter from the Vermont-based artisanal glass blower. About 8 inches excessive and the identical in diameter. Might be engraved (six weeks processing). $165
Richard Brendon/Jancis Robinson “Young Wine” decanter. Co-branded with one of many world’s foremost authorities and a Grasp of Wine, this contemporary crystal decanter from a British tabletop designer is right for large, younger wines that want aeration, however can be utilized for a number of types of wine—nonetheless, port and candy, and sherry. $175
Equipment
A distinct type of texture in wine. L-R: Ghurka, Graf Lantz, Smythson
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Overlook the paper bag from the wine retailer! Tote your wine in type with Ghurka’s leather wine carrier “Pairing No. 285.” The stylish travel-accessory firm presents a two-bottle tote in its trademark sturdy full-grain cover, stamped for authenticity and with a lined padded inside divider. Select from three colours. $695
A extra modest but additionally trendy providing comes from Graf Lantz in grey felt with a leather-based deal with. Excellent for the eco-conscious set, Brooklyn/Detroit maker/hipster and anybody who enjoys New Zealand wines (OK, you knew that was coming, proper?) $95.
Smythson’s “Mara Hardbound” Cellar Book retains it old style with this embossed crocodile e-book (14 x 5.5) on your cellar stock. Observe acquisition dates, vintages, different collectors’ notes on wealthy watermarked paper. (However actually, simply drink the wine already!)
