After my last entry on our blog (which had a decidedly political bias), I thought that I’d better compensate by writing something a bit more light-hearted. I think it was last year that I posted an article about useless holiday presents (in 2011 it was a ‘grape holder’ for the Spanish celebration of New Year – don’t ask), so I thought I would follow this up with another wine related suggestion for 2012….. the wine bra!

In the States this product is actually known simply as the winerack, I guess because the word ‘rack’ has a double meaning over there (I will not elaborate but instead leave it to your imagination).

Perhaps the reasoning behind this invention is that these days there are an increasing number of concerts, functions and sports events that prohibit the consumption of alcohol, and these products are intended as a way of bypassing gate security. I confess that I already had seen an artificial ‘beer belly’ intended as a way for men to smuggle their beverages into a stadium, but this is the first I have seen targeted at women.

The idea is actually quite simple, you simply fill your cups with wine (this is not a deliberate pun), and then drink your Chateau du Monde* through a long plastic tube. To avoid any possible embarrassment the cups can be re-inflated with air once the liquid has been consumed. I can’t help but wonder if the two cups can be filled independently, perhaps one with white wine and the other with red? Of course this would then permit you to blend your own rosé! (Available from Amazon – honestly!)

*du Monde is a reference to my very favourite colloquial French expression: On seeing a particularly well-endowed French lady a man might be heard to say “il y a du monde au balcon” the literal translation of which is “there is a crowd on the balcony”. No further explanation required.

After my last entry on our blog (which had a decidedly political bias), I thought that I’d better compensate by writing something a bit more light-hearted. I think it was last year that I posted an article about useless holiday presents (in 2011 it was a ‘grape holder’ for the Spanish celebration of New Year – don’t ask), so I thought I would follow this up with another wine related suggestion for 2012….. the wine bra!

In the States this product is actually known simply as the winerack, I guess because the word ‘rack’ has a double meaning over there (I will not elaborate but instead leave it to your imagination).

Perhaps the reasoning behind this invention is that these days there are an increasing number of concerts, functions and sports events that prohibit the consumption of alcohol, and these products are intended as a way of bypassing gate security. I confess that I already had seen an artificial ‘beer belly’ intended as a way for men to smuggle their beverages into a stadium, but this is the first I have seen targeted at women.

The idea is actually quite simple, you simply fill your cups with wine (this is not a deliberate pun), and then drink your Chateau du Monde* through a long plastic tube. To avoid any possible embarrassment the cups can be re-inflated with air once the liquid has been consumed. I can’t help but wonder if the two cups can be filled independently, perhaps one with white wine and the other with red? Of course this would then permit you to blend your own rosé! (Available from Amazon – honestly!)

*du Monde is a reference to my very favourite colloquial French expression: On seeing a particularly well-endowed French lady a man might be heard to say “il y a du monde au balcon” the literal translation of which is “there is a crowd on the balcony”. No further explanation required.