But take your mind out of the gutter; these aren't cabernet-flavoured contraceptives, they're sheaths to rubber-up your Rosé. When I removed the wine condoms from the bottles, they made a popping noise, as if I had just opened a bottle of Champagne. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Wine condoms, on the other hand, don't take up any extra room and work for both upright or side-lying storage.

The waterproof seal keeps out of oxygen and liquid in, providing protection in the event of a final spill while sealing in freshness. The wine condom employs shrink-to-fit technology that allows you to seal almost any opened bottle so that no water or air seeps in. We all agreed the wine condom Reisling was sweeter and more pleasurable to drink on day two than the bottle with the wine stopper. Protection against unwanted dribbles in your front seat, or back seat for that matter, on the way home in the car with a half-drunk bottle of wine after lunch or dinner out.

Similar to a normal condom, you can just slip it in your pocket and forget about it until you absolutely need it. The founders of the wine condom—(which, oddly enough is a mom and son duo)—launched a Kickstarter campaign in 2014 to fund the creation of their hilarious, yet practical, invention. The bottle of red that used the wine stopper smelled exactly the same from the night before, and it tasted perfect. After putting the bottles of wine—each with their respective stoppers and condoms—in the fridge, we waited 24 hours before cracking them open again. Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive.Wine condoms can be used on most other bottles of booze and they don’t add any extra height meaning they fit comfortably in your fridge door pocket. In many parts of the USA, bars can be visited by inspectors, with hefty fines for those places found to have insects in their bottles. I wanted to see just how well these wine condoms work in comparison to traditional wine stoppers, so I bought four bottles of wine—two bottles of Woodbridge Cabernet Sauvignon and another two of Riesling—and divvied up the wine condoms and stoppers.

Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). A leftover from the pre-craft cocktail age, the bottle condom is a particularly ugly rubber sheath used to protect your speed pourers from dust, germs and creepy crawlies. The Wine Condom, which is literally a condom stretched over the top of a wine bottle, was conceived by Laura Bartlett and her clearly well-adjusted son, Mitch Strahan. WINE CONDOMS: This protective wine covering was Invented by a mother son duo, inspired by a Macgyvered wine seal that looked like a makeshift condom. I love the humor in these, but also that it’s not just a gag gift because you can actually use them!As time goes by, with the liquid exposed to air, the alcohol contained slowly evaporates, reducing the intensity of the fragrance. The Dallas duo came up with the idea in 2014 after Bartlett sealed off a bottle of wine with plastic wrap secured with a rubber band. So, whether you’re celebrating a special occasion or just unwinding after a long day, Wine Condoms are here to add a touch of humor to your wine moments.