Want to give the wine lover in your life a rubbish gift instead of an actual bottle of wine? Why on earth do that? But if you must, we’ve done the searching for you. Yes, it’s the Sediment Xmas Wine Gift Mart. And hurry – these wine gifts may be like sediment itself – left behind when everything else has gone…
Time to redress that rocky relationship between drink and driving, with these gearstick bottle stoppers. Ideal for the designated driver in your family. Available in vintage white, classic rosewood, racing chrome and breath test crystal.
Here’s a bright idea – literally! These rechargeable lights fit into the neck of any empty wine bottle, and magically transform it, into an empty wine bottle with a rechargeable light in the neck. Say goodbye to flaming torches and impress your guests instead with a garden or patio glittering with old wine bottles.
Ding-a-ling! It’s time for wine! Ding-a-ling! Just tinkle this amusing little “ring for wine” bell whenever you fancy a glass. Ding-a-ling! Also a keyring, so your front door key will be conveniently at hand when your spouse throws you out.
What a handy way for cyclists to carry their wine! Now they can keep both hands free for gesticulating at close-passing motorists. Fits all bicycles (with a male crossbar). Warning: the bike wine holder is not recommended for sparkling wines.
Well, you
said you only wanted half a glass!! Be prepared for the next sanctimonious
guest with this precision-made half glass. Also suitable for guests who are
half cut.
This “happy
man” corkscrew and bottle stopper set will add a touch of class to your dining
table. Carefully designed to suit all Premier Grand Cru Classé clarets.
Well, you
said you only wanted “green” wine! Be prepared for the next sanctimonious guest
with a wine that’s clearly “greener” than the rest. Warning: not a natural wine.
If you’ve
watched the winelover in your life struggling with stubborn corks, then here’s
the ideal gift. There isn’t a cork around which this Bosch IXO with corkscrew
attachment won’t remove, or shred. Accessories available separately for
screwdriving, sanding, drilling and anglegrinding. Ideal for sommeliers.
No more
confusion over whose glass is whose! These attractive “mr and mrs” wineglasses mean
you can say goodbye to those nightly mix-ups and arguments. Now there’ll be no
more rows – you’ve finished yours, this one’s mine! Not suitable for same-sex
couples.
You won’t
need to spell out the quality of your wine to your guests, when you serve it
with these practical and stylish alphabet bottle stoppers. Letters not
available: D, R, C.
You know
the precise temperature at which your wine ought to be served, don’t you? Of
course you do! So simply strap this stylish wine thermometer to your bottle and
it will tell you the temperature of the wine. Or, possibly, the temperature of
the bottle. Not suitable for Mateus Rosé.
Start with these
grape vines – one red, one white – and it surely can’t be long before you have
your own mini-vineyard producing quantities of your own wine. It could even be
better than the stuff you buy in the shops! You only need around 600 grapes to
make a bottle – so let’s get started! Does not include yeast, fermentation
vessel, filter, finings, tank, barrel, bottle or cork.
It’s back!
It wouldn’t be Christmas without Wine Monkey, this woolly wine bottle caddy thing which
supposedly looks like a monkey. Invaluable for warming up bottles of red – or
white for that matter – and hiding embarrassing
own-brand labels. You can see how it incomprehensibly continues to amuse and
entertain these guests! They’re still not arguing about Brexit!!
Finally,
the ideal gift for anyone who doesn’t have an old man or two around this
Christmas to complain about the price, look, taste, quantity, order, and
nationality of the wine they’re serving. Warning: this SEDIMENT book may cause readers to
choke on their cornflakes (Julian Barnes). Click here to order now in
time for Xmas.
PK
PK
Very amusing, just scary that people really do buy these things!
ReplyDeleteYour comment will be much appreciated by any friends and family anticipating gifts…
DeleteI hesitate to advertise my lack of good taste, but I'm rather taken with the rechargeable lights. I never did think that turning chianti bottles into lamps was safe, but this looks a much better idea.
ReplyDeleteThere are many people plagued by empty bottles being tossed into their gardens over their wall. Thankfully those are not illuminated.
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