Cru or Crud? Part I: Silhouette Wine Glasses
It's here! Quattro Vino is proud to present our holiday gift guide, with a refreshing twist. We've scoured the internet, magazines, and store shelves for the best and the worst wine-related gifts of the year, then rank them "cru" or "crud" respectively. Hopefully you'll find some great gifts for that special wine enthusiast in your life--or, at the very least, get a good chuckle out of the duds!
First on the block: the Silhouette wine glass, featuring a hand-forged notch in the rim. Its purpose? To create an enlarged space for your nose, saving you from the uncomfortable and socially awkward act of tilting your glass a few degrees higher to smell the wine. Now, before you laugh this item off the gift list, realize that you're not just buying stemware reminiscent of those gag-gift dribble cups you had as a kid; you're buying stemware reminiscent of dribble cups with class! "Purchasing a Silhouette wine glass elevates you into that respected group of sophisticated wine drinkers," the website promises. Which group they're referring to, exactly, remains a mystery. Artists, who can reminisce over Jackson Pollock with every wall-splattering swirl? Cooks, eager to "close out the outside olfactory influences" of the food they've paired their wine with? The Joneses, desperate to "be an early adapter to this dramatic change in glassware"? Whoever the group, you too can join for a mere $78 per glass, available exclusively at the modestly named GreatestWineGlass.com.
Quattro Vino rating: crud.