Cool and Not-so-Cool Wines

In this modern age, everything seems to change: beliefs, principles, streets, technologies, and so on and so forth. Who would then be surprised to know that even wines seem to have left the 'classic' look to become a 'modern' piece of art?

I have said that wine is beyond a drinkable liquid, it is a 'lifestyle' which continues to influence one's existence, one's society and one's future...

Here are some gathered rather COOL and NOT-SO-COOL WINES... so it's up to you to decide, pick up your faves and put them in your collection! :)



REVELRY WINES



















Ever had problems opening a good bottle and not finishing it? If you're going to ask me, yes! I've experienced this many times... I had no choice but to recork since I was cheap and did not have enough bucks to buy a VacuVin and rubber stopper to preserve my wine (sigh**). Well, worry no more!!!

Revelry brand of Washington State winery has launched in August 2008 the second edition to its award winning package design.
It is a bottle and it is also a box containing 1.5 litre of a good wine! Besides it is also 100% recyclable.


The brand claims that the wine can last for weeks (up to 30 days or so) after opening. As delivered in their ad: "STAYS FRESH FOR WEEKS...IF IT LASTS THAT LONG."
A cleaner, more functional package will hit both restaurants and stores. As the company claims, 'Wine has never before been served like this'.





ANTHONY'S MINI GARAGE WINERY


Are you the gentleman or the rough type? hmm.. Wines are often associated to the elegant, to the sophisticated, to men who wears suits, ties, and well-polished shoes... So is drinking wine an issue for men who want to promote a corase personality? Think twice... Presenting...














Anthony’s Mini Garage Winery is an ingenious gourmet food and drink brand designed by KOREFE with a unique mechanical theme. The line has cooking oils called, “turbo”, “radical” and “ultra”, all packaged in chic trigger-handled motor oil cans. Four bottles of rosé wine are presented in a stylish pink mechanics toolbox; fit for
the most glamorous tool hound. Yummy ‘Gummi’ wine flavored candies are made in the shapes of nuts, bolts and washers. Anthony’s line of Schnapps called “Super K, W or Z” comes in tradition oil tin cans decorated with modern graphic designs.

From hard to wine...

Having worked as a bartender and wine stewardess for almost 5 years, I have learned to appreciate the beauty of aromas and flavors of different drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, wines and spirits alike...
I first loved the 'tequila', from its 'strength' to its subtle power to entice you with its simplicity... I was also a fan of flavored 'vodkas', from raspberry to blueberry, melon to passionfruit, name it! I've almost tried them all. :) I was too young then to know what I loved most...
As I become more mature, my inclination shifted from these all-time sweet-tooth's fave vodkas and tequila to WINE, believed to be a drink of the sophisticated, of the elegant and the wise.
As a wine stewardess, I remember that one of my tasks before my shift was to check the wine chiller, count the inventories and examine that every wine opened was not spoiled or for that matter, still 'drinkable'... (drinkable in a sense that it is not 'vinegary'; We know that once a wine is opened, oxygen tends to affect the flavor.) And to examine these wines meant to taste all of them, I mean all! :) You'd do it if you don't want serving a spoiled wine, wouldn't you? I just couldn't imagine myself wine sommelier-ing to every table, all dressed-up, all smiles, with a lot of 'beautiful words to say' about the wine and ending up sabotaging the whole thing because the well-prepared 'wine drama' was ruined by one of the biggest mistakes a sommelier can commit- to serve a spoiled, undrinkable, vinegary wine!!!
So, I HAD TO DO IT... :) It did not matter as to whether I'd get tipsy through the night.. What matters most was that I serve all the wines that we have in its best shot!
As my days in work became more like, a wine tasting event and wine learning experience, I began thinking that WINE is NOT JUST A DRINK. It's a lifestyle, it is a belief, it is something beyond a drinkable liquid which will soon be leaked by the drinker...