We’ve been ok with GoVino for picnic style events, although those have been few & far between the last couple of years. I critiqued them some years ago here, but just bought another (colored) 4 pack last week.
Sometimes one can find plastic renditions of regular stems, and those might be better for at home / outside usage; GoVino’s are better for hikes/picnics etc. I have a small six pack of what looks like Riedel Bordeaux shapes (but in plastic) that was picked up from Cost+ World Market some years ago for almost free (coupon+loyalty reward) and their main duty for me me is to be shoved into my ski boots when I travel in the winter.
I like the idea of the Vinglace but I dont like that the glass is a straight cylinder. I much prefer a bowl for easy swirling. I see Hydro Flask has a wine tumbler that’s ceramic coated, it seems pretty interesting. Will stainless steel actually alter the flavor of the wine? I was always under the impression it would not. Perhaps the mouth actually touching the metal itself affects the flavor/experience (just thought of this as I was typing).
For decades my friends and I would take our kids on these “family” car camping trips up into our mountains/national forests. The very best choice for drinking our wine on those trips was . . . a coffee cup. Hands down.
I’m a sucker for the same basic Zalto-inspired shape. I’ve bought these for our cabin & haven’t broken any or deformed them in the top rack of the dishwasher. And the price is palatable.
I have wondered now and then what vendor makes the “Amazon Basics” line for this or that item. Just like Stop ‘n’ Shop doesn’t make their store branded green beans in-house. It would be hard to imagine it’s a higher brand such as Drinique. The price difference would really undercut their sales.
Maybe such an item is easy to duplicate or reverse engineer at low cost and scale.
Even though they are plastic I’d be tempted to hand wash them just to be on the safe side. Underlying rationale is really not breaking “real” nicer wine “glass glasses.”
