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Have you ever wondered why there’s such a large variety of shapes and sizes among crystal wine glasses?  Does it really matter what you drink your wine out of?  It turns out there’s a reason why you’d never see a sommelier drinking out of the bottle.  Details like the size, shape, and even color of your wine glass can have a huge impact on your wine drinking experience. If you’re planning a dinner party or are just interested in buying a set of wine glasses, knowing the correct usage of each glass is vital.

Before we get too far, let’s talk about quality.  An inexpensive wine glass is most likely made out of cut or fused glass.  While these glasses will certainly do the job of holding your drink, sometimes the glass can interfere with the wine’s flavor.  A blown wine glass can fix this problem, but to truly get the most out of your wine a crystal wine glass is key.

Parties are an event that hold a lot of tradition worldwide, consisting of a fun evening of socializing. Whether it is a gathering among business partners or all of your friends and loved ones, the party planner wants to set the right mood to allow for fun and gab. When you are planning a party, perhaps the most important factors are the food, alcoholic beverages, and decorations that inspire a theme. Champagne holds a special place in many social events. It provides a delicious beverage that inspires "bubbly" conversation. Although party goers would love to sip from expensive crystal flutes, the smart host with a budget will choose the alternative of plastic champagne flutes.

There's this bar called Gaswerks by my house here in downtown Columbus that has $1 Jager bombs on their menu all the time.  Now, they aren't your typical, full sized can of Red Bull style bombs, but they aren't $5 either.  Now, personally, I don't really even like the bar all that much, but I'm fascinated that they're able to get away with such a cheap sale.

How's that commercial go - the touch, the feel of plastic, the fabric of our lives?  Something like that...anyway, regardless of the accuracy of my recall, plastic is the fabric of our lives - our drinking lives anyway.  Plastic glassware comes in 31 buzzilion different flavors - everything from Solo style disposable glasses to the Tradeau insulated plastic glass brilliantly designed for both sipping and brewing tea on the go.

In order to truly appreciate the value of plastic cocktail glasses, you need to understand what makes them so unique.  I've heard - no, I've said - that everything, whether it be a Manhattan, Kool-Aid, or Goji juice, tastes better in a cocktail glass.  Whether or not you agree with my claim, there's actually some science behind it.  Our sense of taste, as well as sense of smell are closely linked, and have a knack for subtly complimenting each other.

You're probably saying, "dude, you just wrote up a huge shpeel on disposable martini glasses, now you're going to preach to me about plastic champagne glasses?  You must think I'm one cheap schmuck".  Yeh, I do, but don't feel bad.  You probably found this article looking for "cheap plastic champagne glasses" on Google, and I'm not in the business of disappointing the precious and few visitors that come to this site.

As you know, a plastic champagne glass has no other real purpose other than playing tricks on people's minds.  Image and clever marketing that tells us that drinking out of a flute lifts us above the common folk, and delivers bubbly beverages to our mouths in a package that tastes better.  Is this true - does it really taste better?  Yeh, if you believe it!  And you must if you're in the market for champagne flutes, and not styrofoam cups.  That said, you also know that your guests aren't worth risking your expensive glassware on.  Don't let anyone say you aren't a smart schmuck.

Yes, I have a beer bong article listed in the 'Drinking Glasses' section.  I consider a drinking glass to be any container designed for consuming liquids.  Beer bongs are definitely designed for consumption...very quick, buzz promoting consumption.  I fell in love with the beer bong in 10th grade.  I tried one out at a party, and haven't looked back since.  I'm now 27 with a daughter, a wife, and a house, and I'll still funnel a beer if given the chance.  Taking a brew to the dome in less tan two seconds really leaves you feeling like you accomplished something.  Sipping just doesn't give me that proud, ice cold feeling.

Martinis are not only a delicious way to catch a cool buzz, but they're a symbol of high society as well.  When you're drinking a martini, you don't want to drink it out of a solo cup, you want to feel hip like Dean Martin.  Go ahead, tell a few jokes, and sing a few numbers...I'll wait.  You can't feel cool drinking a martini without the proper vessel, but you don't want to spend a fortune or feel bad if you break it.  Plastic martini glasses are your ticket to a blissful slickness.