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).

Foil Top Plastic Wine Glass

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)…

Foil Top Plastic Wine Glass 1

…or for added sophistication open and leave the foil attached while drinking.

Foil Top Plastic Wine Glass 2

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).

Stuart

Stuart is an accident prone Englishman who has been living in the Netherlands since 2001. Even his move to the country was an unintentional accident, the result of replying to a cryptic job advertisement he found one day in a local British magazine. Since then he has learned to love the Dutch (so much so that he married one of them) and now calls the country home. He started the blog Invading Holland in 2006 as a place to share his strange stories of language misunderstandings, cultural confusions and his own accident prone nature.

26 Responses

  1. Bart says:

    Stu, it’s okay to use it for the wedding. Dutch people won’t know the difference anyway and they’ll think it’s excellent with their ‘broodje kroket’ for starters and ‘bitterballen’ for mains.
    Or at least they’ll appreciate it’s cheap :-p

  2. A Touch of Dutch blog says:

    Hilarious! It makes wine in a box seem clever! Maybe next they’ll combine the concept & start to sell it in juice boxes or Capri Sun-like pouches ;-)

  3. French Bean says:

    Word to the wise: when you’re in France next month, DON’T bring up the topic of blasphemy wine with the rioters. :-P

  4. Invader Stu says:

    Mattias – I can see that working.

    Bart – I’m starting to think we could have saved a lot of money on this wedding.

    Touch of Dutch – Somehow juice boxes seem more dignified.

    French Bean – Why? They could do with some refreshment. I was going to go up to them and give them some.

  5. French Bean says:

    >.>

    On a more serious note, *do* try the “vin chaud” that is sold on the street either by independant sellers or by bars and cafes. Vin chaud is a seasonal wine-based hot beverage that I associate with winters in France. It’s delicious and warms you up in an instant!

  6. Ouwie says:

    Wow. That ranks up there with the can of white wine I got in my kerstpakket a few years ago. I took pictures of it. They came out better than the wine. I’m not vouching for the quality of the pictures either.

  7. Anneke says:

    @Ouwie, indeed, my wine said; this wine is a product of several wines from several countries. *blink* I drank it, and forgot about it. It looked like red wine, tasted like rose, and was altogether a disgusting experience.

    Anyway, these “glasses” seem to fall in the same category.

  8. Invader Stu says:

    French Bean – I’ll give it a try :)

    Ouwie – Hehe. Well put.

    Anneke – I can’t think of anything worse than mixed wine. Even with out thinking about the taste it just sounds like someone collected the half empty glasses from the end of a party and put them all in a bottle.

  9. VallyP says:

    Unbelievable! How tacky can things get? Sophisticated…pffff

  10. Just a Plane Ride Away says:

    Ah, an adult sippy-drink ;-) Maybe you leave the foil on so you don’t spill the stuff on yourself? LOL.

  11. Invader Stu says:

    VallyP – I’m sure they will find more ways to get tacky

    Just a Plane Ride Away – They should make children non-spill cups for wine… for adults of course not children :)

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