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Gimme Five! Red wine glasses

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selection of 5 types of red wine glasses

Well, it was on the cards for quite a while. We were down to our last two red wine glasses when one got broken whilst taking it out of the cupboard.

We found a set of four in a local charity shop about two years ago. They were really cheap – £2.50 the lot – but they were great quality and each held almost an entire bottle! They’re quite fragile, they make that lovely, lead crystal ringing sound when flicked gently with a fingernail.

Sadly, one by one, they were getting broken. We’ve been trying to be so, so very careful when using them and washing them up. We’ve been down to the last pair for almost a year, but we knew that it was only a matter of time… a split second of lost concentration…

The chances of us finding another great set like that in a charity shop are slim. We’re probably going to have to shell out properly for replacements. But what should we do? We can get a six-pack of cheap & cheerful ones from IKEA for just £1.25. That’s probably a good decision considering our track record! But the lovely ones from John Lewis hold ¾ of a litre – no topping up needed – decisions, decisions!

  1. Connoisseur red wine glasses, 0.66L, set of 4: £38, John Lewis
  2. SVALKA red wine glasses (30 cl) : £1.25 /6-pack, IKEA
  3. Set Of 4 red wine glasses: £45, Le Creuset
  4. Dartington crystalline set of six large red wine glasses (57cl): £24, Selfridges
  5. Vienna set of 6 burgundy glasses (57cl): £30, Habitat

Drink up!

We were sorting boxes of future stock today. It’s amazing how many part sets and oddments we came across… cutlery, tea & coffee sets and lots of drinking glasses.

They’re mainly transfer printed tumblers for water, fruit juice, milk etc.

They date from the 1950s to the 1970s…

….and there are some fantastic designs amongst them – atomic influence, stylised figures, geometric patterns and flower power.

We’ll have to be patient to complete sets of the same design – although we also like the idea of putting some ‘mix & match’ sets together. The various shapes, colours & patterns look great together on a shelf.

Here are a few of the sets that have passed through the shop…

…and some that are currently for sale.

We’ve been concentrating on tumblers in this post – but as we’re talking glasses, we’ll just show you this beauty!

Having had a spate of broken wine glasses of late, we were very pleased to come across a few of these fantastic, futuristic 60s glasses recently – with a lovely bubble detail in the stem. They’re very fragile, but we’ll try to be more careful in future!!