Your Expert Guide to Wine Accessories, Storage & Gifts in the UK
Riedel Bordeaux glasses are tall, large-bowled wine glasses from the Austrian maker Riedel, shaped for full-bodied, tannic reds such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The wide bowl gives the wine room to breathe, while the tapered rim funnels aroma towards your nose. Ranges run from machine-made Vinum to mouth-blown Sommeliers. Think of a … Read more
Bordeaux glasses are tall, large-bowled red wine glasses, typically holding around 600-750ml. They are built for full-bodied, tannic reds such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot blends. The generous bowl gives the wine room to breathe, while the height and slightly tapered rim steer aromas towards your nose. Picking the best bordeaux glasses isn’t snobbery. It’s … Read more
Picture the scene. Six bottles, one car park, two hands, and a carrier-bag handle stretching like a tired elastic band. Somewhere between the boot and the front door, physics gets involved. A wine carrier bag for 6 bottles ends that drama: it gives every bottle its own padded slot, spreads the weight sensibly and lets … Read more
You know the scene. The carousel groans round, your case emerges looking suspiciously heavy on one side, and a faint whiff of Rioja drifts from the zip. A wine bottle protector bag for suitcase travel is the cheap, flat-packing insurance policy against exactly that moment. In 2026 there is more choice than ever, so picking … Read more
A padded wine bottle bag for shipping is a protective sleeve or carrier that cushions a glass bottle against knocks, drops and crushing while it travels through a courier network. It can be inflatable, foam-lined or quilted. It works best as one layer inside a rigid outer box, never as a replacement for one. Picture … Read more
Somewhere between “shall we bring a bottle?” and actually getting to the picnic blanket without a shattered Rioja rolling around your boot, there’s a gap that a decent bag ought to fill. An insulated wine carrier for 2 bottles is a padded, thermally lined tote built to hold two standard 750ml bottles upright, protect them … Read more
There’s a particular kind of dread that sets in the moment you hear a faint clink from your suitcase on the baggage carousel. You know the sound. It’s the sound of a bottle you carried home from a vineyard in the Douro, or picked up at a duty-free counter in Nice, meeting the unforgiving floor … Read more
Here’s a confession most new collectors don’t admit out loud: buying the wine is the easy part. Working out how to look after it once it’s home is where things get interesting. A wine cellar accessories starter kit is simply the small cluster of tools — a hygrometer, a preservation device, a decent corkscrew, somewhere … Read more
A wine storage box for cellar use is a stackable crate or cube designed to hold bottles horizontally, off the floor, in a way that protects corks and makes a growing collection easy to organise without a full racking installation. If you’ve ever tried stacking loose bottles against a cellar wall — and watched the … Read more
A split system wine cellar cooling unit is a two-piece refrigeration setup that separates the noisy, heat-generating condenser from the quiet evaporator inside your cellar, connected by refrigerant lines so the racket happens somewhere you’ll never hear it. That’s the whole trick, really — and it’s why serious collectors, and increasingly ordinary homeowners converting a … Read more