Single-Serving Wine Glasses

By John Farrier in Food & Drink on Jun 24, 2010 at 6:53 am

It combines the classiness of a bottle of fine wine with the convenience of a drink pouch. James Nash debuted his design on a UK reality TV show in which inventors pitched their ideas:

What’s really great is the inventor, James Nash, took his invention to a show on BBC called the Dragon’s Den. The show listens to pitches for new inventions and awards funding to inventors it feels show promise. Nash, they felt, had a silly idea and was dismissed. But now his product is selling strongly in the U.K. already, and we can’t wait to sample it here.

Link via CrunchGear | Photo: Wine Innovations

Tags: James Nash, wine glasses

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MadMolecule
Jun 24th, 2010 at 8:23 am
I think you meant to say it combines the convenience of a bottle of fine wine with the classiness of a drink pouch.
Melissa
Jun 24th, 2010 at 9:07 am
The convenience factor is cool, but I don’t like the idea of throwing away all that packaging. It seems a little wasteful. Maybe they could find a way to improve upon the idea that it’s a little greener, like making the stem and base of the glass from recycled and biodegradable cardboard and only the bowl of the glass in plastic?
B Cravens
Jun 24th, 2010 at 9:23 am
But why???? Why add to the trash pile?
Lol
Jun 24th, 2010 at 9:32 am
Why does the man deserve to be called the “inventor”?
Gauldar
Jun 24th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Wine already is sold in a boxes… think people, think!
zeezaxa
Jun 24th, 2010 at 10:18 am
That would be cool for airplane service. Juice cup, water cup and now wine cup.
Jasmine
Jun 24th, 2010 at 11:47 am
I don’t want to think about the amount of plastic waste in the name of convenience that this will bring… but wine in a carton. That won’t do for classy, right?
Alex
Jun 24th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Much classier than wine in a box, Gauldar
wow
Jun 24th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
those don’t look like they’ll spill everytime you try and open one…
SuperCrap
Jun 25th, 2010 at 12:42 am
Why not just sell it in a cool little pouch with a puncture straw, like Capri Sun.
BikerRay
Jun 25th, 2010 at 3:02 am
I’ve always wondered how often Dragon’s Den gets it wrong and disses a money-maker. Not that I think the wine idea is any good due to packaging waste.
MadMolecule
Jun 25th, 2010 at 10:37 am
Side note for the wine lovers: There are some excellent wines available in boxes now. They’re fantastically cheap, as well; glass bottles make up a surprisingly large portion of the cost of wine. Here’s one example; I’ve tried their cabernet and loved it: http://www.blackboxwines.com/
wordtipping
Jun 25th, 2010 at 11:46 am
I could see this extremely useful for weddings or other up-casual social gatherings.
alterread
Jun 25th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
Fast drink to match fast food.

This lacks so much civility, but well, I live between Alsace and Burgundy.
EJJJ
Jun 26th, 2010 at 6:23 am
but this exists in EVERY airport in europe… it’s been done before too many times.
Scooter
Jun 28th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
I think this would be great for parties. I’ve had to open whole bottles for people who wanted red wine when everyone else was drinking mixed drinks and beer. I hate dry red wine and never finished off the bottle, think of the waste there.
Anni
Jul 1st, 2010 at 2:07 am
If this is made with glass and not plastic waste would not be an issue. And there is nothing wrong with wine in a box. It’s cheap and convenient and does not taste bad at all.
Georges
Jan 26th, 2011 at 1:19 am
james Nash did not invent the concept, it was already used in france for years, by the company http://www.quartvin.com

I tried a white glass of the Froglet and it smelled like rotten eggs
Marina
Feb 7th, 2011 at 4:44 am
Great concept, PET glass is recyclable, unlike many other inventions. Georges is absolutely right. The real inventor is Pascal Carvin from France. He is the one who started working on this technology about 10 years ago and it allows to preserve wine for up to 12 months. Initially it was not plastic but real glass. James Nash used a yogurt machine, which was modified to package the wine glasses. However nobody expects to have an expiration date of 12 months for yogurt…

A) Maximum shelf life for Italian Job wine in “tulips” from Wine Innovations is 4 months.
B) Wine is extremely poor quality that includes, red and rose as well. Consumers that pay more than 2£ per goblet do not realize that the actual cost of the wine is less than 0.10 £ (I am talking about Italian Job)
C) Italian Job wine is transported from Italy and then packaged in UK by InterContinentalBrands company. Hardly to do anything with James Nash and Wine Innovations besides plastic glass production.

I spent a few days with Pascal last week. Saw the machine and tasted French wines that are packaged in the French PET glass. Technology is real, patents are global, wine is excellent and inventor is real.

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