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Glass-lined inside — the only one here that addresses the metallic taste

Vinglacé VBLK2WGVG

A vacuum-insulated bottle chiller that screws the bottle into place, with two glass-lined stainless stemless glasses.

Vinglacé black stainless steel wine bottle chiller with two stemless glasses

Vinglacé VBLK2WGVG

A vacuum-insulated bottle chiller that screws the bottle into place, with two glass-lined stainless stemless glasses.

Type
Bottle chiller and glass gift set
Glasses
2 stemless, double walled, with lids
Construction
Stainless steel outside, durable thick glass inside
Taste
Stated not to add a metallic taste or smell, unlike similar glasses
Insulation
Vacuum, on both the chiller and the glasses
Bottle fitting
The bottle screws securely into place to prevent breakage
Also for
Cocktails and hot drinks such as coffee
Size
254 × 254 × 305 mm (10 × 10 × 12 in)
Hold time
Not stated by the maker
Weight
Not stated by the maker
Cause
A portion of proceeds donated to breast cancer research, per the maker
Amazon reference
B0CLHBHS18
EAN
0856103007947
  • Glass on the inside and steel on the outside — the only item on this shelf that solves the metallic taste instead of ignoring it
  • The bottle screws into the chiller, so it cannot tip out on a boat, in a car or at a picnic
  • A hundred and four dollars twenty-one: the second-most expensive item here, and four insulated buckets on this shelf cost $59.99

Best for: A bottle and two glasses taken somewhere with no fridge, with no steel taste and nothing to break

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Specifications

Type
Bottle chiller and glass gift set
Glasses
2 stemless, double walled, with lids
Construction
Stainless steel outside, durable thick glass inside
Taste
Stated not to add a metallic taste or smell, unlike similar glasses
Insulation
Vacuum, on both the chiller and the glasses
Bottle fitting
The bottle screws securely into place to prevent breakage
Also for
Cocktails and hot drinks such as coffee
Size
254 × 254 × 305 mm (10 × 10 × 12 in)
Hold time
Not stated by the maker
Weight
Not stated by the maker
Cause
A portion of proceeds donated to breast cancer research, per the maker
Amazon reference
B0CLHBHS18
EAN
0856103007947

What the maker puts in writing

  • Insulated stainless steel bottle chiller with 2 stemless insulated glasses with lids
  • Stainless steel outside, durable thick glass inside
  • “Unlike similar glasses on the market, ours do not add a metallic taste or smell to your beverage”
  • The bottle screws securely into place to prevent breakage
  • Also for cocktails and hot drinks like coffee · a portion of proceeds to breast cancer research

The sentence that earns the price

Steel tumblers taste of steel. Everybody who has drunk wine from one knows it, and almost no listing admits it.

This one admits it and then fixes it: thick glass on the inside, steel on the outside, vacuum between. You get the insulation without the rim.

And the screw thread

The bottle threads into the chiller instead of sitting in it.

In a kitchen that is pointless. In a car, on a boat, or on a lawn at an angle, it is the difference between a cold bottle and a broken one.

What it does not say

How long anything stays cold. How much the glasses hold. What any of it weighs.

Three blanks on the second-most expensive item on this shelf.

Availability

Catalogued and unsold: the American Amazon shop lists the reference with nobody behind it.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.

What readers ask us

Does stainless steel really taste metallic?

Many drinkers report it, which is why this listing raises it unprompted and lines the inside with glass. It is a real and well-known objection to steel wine tumblers, and this is the only item on this shelf that answers it in writing.

How much do the glasses hold?

Not published, which on a $104 set is a gap. The gel-walled glasses on this shelf publish 9 oz; the flight glasses 6 oz and 16 oz.

What does screwing the bottle in achieve?

It stops the bottle sliding out when the chiller tips — in a car, on a boat, on uneven ground. It is the most practical sentence in the listing and nothing else on this shelf offers it.

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