On arrival at yesterday's Cause for the Paws event, wine-tasters were issued logoed GoVino glasses with which to enjoy as many, or as few, of the wines that were available for tasting. These glasses are stemless, lightweight, and convenient, or as the GoVino website touts, "elegant, shatterproof, reusable, and recyclable." Everything you'd want in a glass, right? Except for one thing - they reek of plastic! Even the most herbaceous of the Sauvignon blancs I tasted could not mask the stench of the apparently food safe PETG that these glasses are made of, despite a claim on the company's website that they are manufactured from an odourless polymer. The ergonomic thumb-notch is a nice touch, but my black Riedel stemless tasting-glasses also have this feature and they are made of, well, glass.Last year glass stemware was the wine receptacle of choice. This year the hosts of the event saved themselves the time and the cost of cleaning hundreds of glasses - at the expense of the taste of the wine. The folks at GoVino say "your wine deserves it!" I don't think so.
6 comments:
i like the design but i have to agree, plastics??!! why would you even bother without out the smell plastic just makes the wine feel different. besides the point of glass would be so that when you have had enough and accidently drop your glass it breaks and enough is enough. plastic cups stink of binge britain.
I won't drink water, or anything else, out of plastic. The stuff should be made to go away, like criminals sent to Devil's Island.
What is 'plastic' made from? Oil.
What is glass made from? Sand.
And which do we think will run out first? (I'll give you a clue here: there are several deserts with a few zillion tons of it lying around for anyone with a shovel.....)
I agree with you all, there are not many things that should be served/consumed/kept in plastic. Besides, glass is truly 100% recyclable.
Yes, glass is truly green....or not, depending on the colour....
Villager: Usually antique green on a good Cab bottle :)
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