British Sophistication – The Foil Top Plastic Wine Glass
England. Home of cricket, good showmanship, afternoon tea, the Queen, Winston Churchill, the British stiff upper lip and now; the classy foil top plastic wine glass (the funniest thing I saw during my recent visit).
On offer at most London train stations the decadent foil top plastic wine glass is available in white, red and rosé. It is perfect for the sophisticated young Englishman on the go who likes to enjoy their train journey in style (and is not too worried about spilling wine all over themselves as the train lurches about). It is also perfect for dinner parties or a quite romantic night in with that special someone since (as the foil top tells us) the plastic glass can be reused.
Anyone can instantly look like a sophisticated Englishman while drinking from the foil top plastic wine glass. It can be enjoyed with a straw for the intellectual look (the foil can be tough so make sure to use strong stabbing motions)…
…or for added sophistication open and leave the foil attached while drinking.
The foil top plastic wine glass has a full bodied, fun and fruity taste with hints of metallic foil and a twang of glue and recyclable plastic (or to put it in a more English way; bloody awful).
Oh, that’s wrong on so very many levels! They might as well just serve it in a mini glass bottle like the small cokes. I’d rather swig straight from the bottle than drink from a plastic cup like that. Plus, with the bottle, you can always reclose it with the handy screw-on lid! :D
I like the way you stabbed the frog with the straw in the second photo :)
LOL, saves doing the dishes. You just throw the plastic wine glass away. Can you bring a few dozen over for me next time. Maybe we can start up a trend here in dutchyland :D
I collect these glasses .))
They had these on Dragon’s Den a couple of years ago, funny little things :)
So glad to see you used the straw. I was thinking that was what you needed. Next time maybe you can get a bendy one.
As someone who lives in a country with a predominant wine culture, let me be the first to say this: THIS IS ABSOLUTE BLASPHEMY TO ALL THINGS WINE!!! It’s even more insulting that the mascot on the glass is a FROG.
*pats down hair*
Ahem. Carry on, then.
(And welcome back!)
You didn’t tell us that you actually bought one. Where did you get the straw from or did you just happen to have one on you?
What did it taste like?
What a heresy.
Wow… This just seems desperate to me!
the foil top wine thingy is one of the many joys brought to us by Dragons den. Along with Reggae reggae sauce. (and not much else)
Funny enough i do believe they were turned down by the dragons and then went on to make a fortune!
You’ve chosen the wine for your wedding then?
Foil-topped wine…and here I was thinking that beer from a can was wrong…
Alison – I know right. Small bottles make a lot more seance if they wanted to do take away wine. If the intent is to drink it on the train I really can’t see a way around spilling it all over the place. With a bottle you would not have to worry about that.
Rob – what you also have to look closely at is ‘where’ I stabbed the frog.
Avalon Greene – Why would you want to throw them away when you can clean them and reuse them :p
Bertie – Like a wine collector? Do you have a 1678 foil top plastic wine glass?
Julia – I wanted a bendy one but I could not find one. I also wanted a little umbrella.
French Bean – I can imagine such a thing coursing riots in France. If fact I believe the recent petrol strikes in France is because of this blasphemy.
Dragonlady – We got it on our way to the boat (where the photos are taken and where the straw came from to). It tasted really bad. Probably not helped by the fact that when I stabbed it with the straw I got little foil fragments floating in it.
Anita & Mub – I agree with both of you there. I did nearily fall about laughing in the shop the first time I saw one though.
IrishAngell – It’s good to see that the Dragons thought it was such a silly idea. But I guess as silly as it is it must make money.
Bart – How did you know? I’m getting 20 crates of the stuff shipped over at the moment.
Jules – Just wait and see. Next it will be foil top plastic pint beer glasses.
Maybe they could sell it at Febo