Wine sippy cups – how much do they suck?

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17 Responses to “Wine sippy cups – how much do they suck?”

  1. On January 14th, 2013 at 11:10 am ,jeff wrote:


    Those aren’t wine glasses. If I remember correctly, they’re an old-fashioned liqueur glass. I can’t, for the life of me recall where from.

  2. On January 14th, 2013 at 11:36 am ,Sean wrote:


    They’re brandy pipes, designed so that the warmth from your hand will open up the brandy as you pull it through the stem.

    Probably not particularly well suited for wine.

  3. On January 14th, 2013 at 12:21 pm ,Jack Korpi wrote:


    They don’t allow smelling the wine as you’re tasting it, which is not a good thing.

    Unless a personal has a disability that makes it difficult to drink from a conventional glass, what’s the point?

  4. On January 14th, 2013 at 12:44 pm ,craig wrote:


    they suck alot!

  5. On January 14th, 2013 at 1:25 pm ,Kelly wrote:


    I would suspect that the warmth of your hand would warm up the wine….but very cool design

  6. On January 14th, 2013 at 2:08 pm ,Julie wrote:


    I have these exact glasses. They are best used with port or brandy.
    They are a great conversation piece!

  7. On January 14th, 2013 at 2:20 pm ,Quizicat wrote:


    They are good for Port as well as getting around floating chunks in your glass. I don’t think I would drink anything else from them.

  8. On January 14th, 2013 at 3:02 pm ,RobinC wrote:


    Great Christmas gift.

  9. On January 14th, 2013 at 3:44 pm ,Wine sippy cups – are they wine glasses - like 'em or hate 'em? wrote:


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  10. On January 14th, 2013 at 6:16 pm ,Greg wrote:


    This looks like a Pirun. I drank wine from something similar in Italy in the coastal town of Corniglia at Enoteca Il Pirun. Instead of sucking the wine as through a straw, you tilt your head back and pour it into your mouth through the spout. Supposedly it aerates the wine as it passes through the spout and flies through the air to your mouth.

  11. On January 14th, 2013 at 6:54 pm ,John Glas wrote:


    perfect for the two bucker chuckers

  12. On January 15th, 2013 at 4:45 pm ,Thomas Pellechia wrote:


    You’re all wrong. It’s the latest craze at the border between Canada and the U.S. Wine bonging.

  13. On January 16th, 2013 at 11:18 am ,Dr. Vino wrote:


    Sean – Aha, brandy. Well, they should picture them with some cognac in them then! I guess other people say here they have used them for port, so maybe that’s what pictured, not red wine.

    Julie – how big are they?

    Thomas – yes, looks like a wine pipe! Maybe there will be a wine hookah?

  14. On January 19th, 2013 at 12:13 pm ,gabe wrote:


    RobinC made me LOL

  15. On January 23rd, 2013 at 12:51 pm ,Justin wrote:


    Somebody gave two to me as gifts a long time ago. He called them port pipes. They were fun but the novelty wore off and I don’t know what happened to them. i don’t think they broke, I should buy some port and look around for them.

  16. On January 23rd, 2013 at 10:53 pm ,Steve Howe wrote:


    These wine sippers are a novelty, but it can be fun to sip Port with them. The stems break easily in the dishwasher.

  17. On January 27th, 2013 at 1:12 pm ,@ethanfries wrote:


    They are good for cheap port or fireball whiskey


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