We’ve been so obsessed with our wine blog that we’ve neglected this design one. Of course they go hand in hand at our house (drinking while designing, for example).

Here’s some stuff that’s caught our eye recently:

So perfect for purse or pocket: Sneak-It-In Disposable Flasks. (Thanks, estarLA)

A design that should not have come to fruition: an opener for screwcap bottles. Really now. Stop it. (Thanks, Dr. Vino)

Pictures published in The Daily Mail of Constellation Europe’s wine warehouse, which is currently housing just their Holiday Collection, remind us of the wine equivalent of an industrial stockyard. Interestingly, must of the wine is shipped there in bulk and bottled on site. As if we needed another reason to seek out boutique wines. And the images have a nice Thomas Demand / Andreas Gursky / Gerhard Ritcher quality. (Thanks, Dr. Vino)

We do it already, creating the perfect music mood to match our drinking mood. Now there’s an app that will do it for you: The Wine DJ. “The application builds a playlist of “Music to Match Your Spirits” based on mood, setting and which Liberty School wine is being consumed.” And…it’s free. (Thanks, Serious About Wine)

The name says it all, but the shelf talkers the marketing team developed for pro-mis-Q-ous wines make sure you get the point: “Are you ready to mingle? May we present a casual dalliance with more than one partner – a sensual blend of…When you’re in a red wine mood and want to drink a red wine that’s not so ridiculously serious. Practice safe sipping.” Sex sells. (Found this one on our own, simply Googled “wine sex” images)