A Review of a Glass and a Wine: Goverre and Two Shepherds Rosé

Many moons ago, a friend sent over a Kickstarter that she thought would pique my interest. It was for a ceramic wine glass with a seal-able top so that you could fill it with wine, throw it in your purse, and bring a glass with you wherever you went. They also had little silicon sleeves that came in fun colors. Obviously, I Kickstarted for 4 of them in blue and gold.

The first go around didn't get funded and I was so sad because I've successfully backed projects that were terrible and this was truly a great idea. I was so happy when the creators tried again and made their goal. A couple of weeks ago my beautiful glasses came in the mail and I was so excited to try them out.

When I saw the Kickstarter all those months ago, my first thought was that these would be perfect for bringing wine to the pool or beach - places where glass is usually forbidden and you don't want to be bringing a big bottle of wine. So I figured that taking advantage of a beautiful San Diego Sunday and bringing a new bottle of rosé to the pool would be a great way for me to try my new wine glasses and my new wine. 

Goverre Wine Glasses

Goverre Pros

• The glasses are absolutely beautiful. I love my two colors and the design is very chic. It's nice when a functional product looks good also.
• The glasses ended up being bigger than I expected. If the end goal here really is to transport as much wine as possible outside of the bottle, you can realistically put half a bottle in each glass. Trust me, I tried this. Me and two glasses were enough to bring my bottle of rosé to the pool.
• They maintain temperature really well. Since I had brought two glasses, one was laying in the sun with me while the other stayed in my bag in the shade. When I was ready for the second glass, I was pleasantly surprised to find it still slightly chilled. This was after about 1-2 hour outside on a very hot day. Granted, if you were in the sun, it would warm up so this is about care as well but it's still nice that there's some insulation in these glasses.
• Since the goal here is to be able to throw a wine glass in your purse and go play, I wanted to make sure it wouldn't spill. I decided the best way to do this was the Blizzard test. So I held a glass upside down and was happy to report no leaks! 

Goverre Cons

• The lids are extremely difficult to get on and off. The creators sent an email to this regard with some tips on how to loosen them up so it wasn't completely unexpected. It was a little frustrating though to not be able to get the lid anywhere close to on for my blue cups without feeling like I was going to break it from pushing down so hard.
• Even though one cup passed the Blizzard test, the one I didn't test leaked all over my bag. As you can imagine, pink wine isn't ideal for getting all over ones things. It's definitely frustrating that the lids are too tight on some glasses and not tight enough on others.

Summary

These are a really cool idea, and they are super cute. I think there were some issues with the implimintation of them. I'm happy that the makers of the product got ahead of that and emailed out as the glasses were going out, but it's still crappy that there was an issue. All in all, I'd recommend these glasses... after a few more product runs to make sure all the kinks are out. 

Two Shepherds 2014 Grenache Gris Rosé

This wine is one of the newest releases from my good friend, William Allen. I was so anxious to try this wine. In the past, I used to help William at events and get a first look at his new wines but from the other end of the state, I haven't been able to do that. So, of course, I made sure to stock up when wine club orders were due. 

The wine was exactly what I was hoping for on a sunny pool day. It was so light and refreshing it almost felt like drinking cranberry juice. As I mentioned above, I was in the sun so despite chilling the wine beforehand, it did warm up while I was drinking. This didn't take away from the wine at all and it was just as enjoyable chilled as it was at more of a room temperature. 

This wine was definitely another great showing by William and I'm excited to enjoy some of his crisp whites at the pool sometime soon as well.

On a side note though, San Diego weather is not cooperating today and it's really hard to write this post about swimming and sunshine and heat while it's overcast and gloomy outside. San Diego - get with it!!! This is not what we've come to expect from you!