Say goodbye to dull shot glasses and upgrade to something with a little more “punch” for your next session!   These special shot glasses by US designers Fred are just the thing.  They are actually made of two layers of glass – one normal layer on the outside, and a frosted layer shaped like a bomb on the inside.

Fill em up and release the charges!  Available from Firebox for £12.99 a pair.

If you take your shiraz or pinot noir seriously you won’t need us to tell you that red wine needs to breathe to be at it’s best.  Allowing the wine to react with the air before you drink it enhances the flavours and makes for a smoother finish.  In the past this has meant uncorking and/or decanting the bottle and leaving it for hours, or at least spinning your glass around frantically in the manner of Oz Clarke.

For those who would rather avoid these options allow us to present the Vinturi Wine Aerator.  Spotted advertised in an in-flight magazine recently this certainly appears to be a stylish alternative for drinking your wine at it’s best.  Simply hold the aerator over a glass and pour wine through it into the glass.

The wine passes through a patented system which, according to the manufacturer, gives you “perfect aeration in the time it takes to pour a glass”.

Bottoms up!

Vinturi Wine Aerator – £32 from Amazon