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STEMWARE: Plastic or Glass? - Rent or Buy?

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Pin It Usually, the thought process involves whether to buy glass stemware, or save money and buy disposable plastic stemware. Renting S temware (as an option) may not even be considered. As it turns out, the cost of renting glass stemware, such as the Champagne Flute is actually LESS than buying disposable plastic (at less than 50 cents each, how can you go wrong?), and you can have it delivered right to your door! Don’t get me wrong, plastic disposable stemware can be useful on trips and vacations as well as pool-side ( glass is no fun when it breaks there ). It is sold as two-pieces, stores compactly and can be thrown away, so it does not matter if it gets broken. But, for your local parties and events, it does not make sense . If you decide to go this route anyway, make sure to buy more than you think you need. Your guests will throw them out and get a new one for their next drink because they know they are disposable. Disposable Plastic stemware must be assembled...

Host a wine tasting

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Pin It The next time you are planning a get together with friends, consider a wine tasting. It will add some variety to your social gatherings and can be coupled up with a dinner party. Start by selecting a date to invite your guests over. Use email to simplify the process of figuring out when everyone’s schedules are clear. In your email you might ask for suggestions on what types of wine your guests like or might want to try. There are two great ways to set up the wine selections: The first is called a vertical wine tasting . Select different years of the same type of wine by the same maker. For example If “Barefoot” Merlot is the wine you select, then 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 might be the years. This is a very good method to find out which year’s wines you like from a particular maker. Afterwards, you can stick with buying that year for your regular “wine with dinner” or make it a point to bring a bottle of it to the next dinner party. The second way to ar...