Cover to keep gnats out of the wine glass

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Many products on the market are designed to keep gnats from entering your wine glass. Curious if one functions better than the others in terms of being easy on/off and resistant to light breezes. Also, I’m curious if folks have purchased covers like these but never use them (so I should keep using my wet paper towel method).

Thanks,
-Jim-

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Gnat meant for this usage, but I would clean-wash lightweight coasters.

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Do you mean fruit flies? I hang a cotton napkin over glasses and decanters to keep them out.

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If you drink Loire Cab Franc you have to fend off horse flies

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I just set my cellphone in top of my glass. It didn’t occur to me that there’s a special wine gadget for this purpose.

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That’s what tapas are for

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I use these

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Cardboard beer coaster, like they have by the hundreds at taprooms.

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We use these:

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Wow. Those look neat. I will show my wife. Thanks, Steve.

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just give them their own glass

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That’s the Romanée-Conti serving I can afford.

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at least it’s a pretty full glass.

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Did you get the 5X5 or 6X6?

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I got the 6x6 but I think the 5x5 would be fine for most glasses.

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I also use Bevhats with my Zalto bordeaux glasses when drinking outdoors

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Tapas!

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If the screen fails, I recommend a butter knife.

It’s what I use.

To rescue them, of course.

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We use these. Drink Tops by coverware. Stay in place well and fit most glasses

Available on Amazon

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I use the Riedel Gnat Screens. They come in different sizes & shapes for Burgundy/Bordeaux/Rhone/Chianti/Barolo/etc. It’s crucially important that you have the correct shape Gnat Screen for the wine you’re drinking. Only $60/screen. The mesh is specially calibrated to allow the aromatics of the wine you’re drinking to escape. And they have special models that are effective against wasps & fruit flies.
You can also get screens that plug into a 220 V outlet and zap the gnats mise en place as they alight on the screen. Those are $120/screen. And you can get them with a wiper blade attachment that clears them from the screen so you don’t risk the dead gnat falling into your wine when you remove. And a steal at $30 additional for he wiper blade. Riedel does it all.
Tom

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