| Wine drinkers rejoice! Many health experts will | | | | been running into the windows alot lately." We |
| agree that moderate wine consumption can | | | | suggest you make sure and drink all of the the |
| actually be good for you. Well guess what- it can | | | | contents before using bottles for this particular |
| also be good for the planet! In recent years | | | | application. After all, it doesn't take much to get a |
| creative minds from across the globe have | | | | hummingbird tipsy. But seriously, the great thing |
| revolutionized the budding world of fine wine | | | | about these is you can make them yourself, and |
| design. In this article we explore our top 10 | | | | also combine your love of wine with your love of |
| recycled wine bottle products. Just leave it to you | | | | nature! Learn to make your own or get them |
| wine drinkers to come up with these strange and | | | | already made at VIII. Glasses: Wine glasses, (not |
| wonderful creations... | | | | in the traditional sense) are only made by a |
| I. Barbeque: My personal favorite example of wine | | | | handful of companies. Wine Punts, a Colorado |
| bottle recycling is a beautiful outdoor barbeque by | | | | based company makes a particularly high quality |
| This is featured in their 'Libation Sensations' gallery. | | | | product in their Colorado Springs workshop. They |
| II. Chandelier: A close second is this stunning | | | | make and inspect each cup by hand and recycle |
| chandelier design featured on How cool is that? | | | | the top half of the bottle. Go to their website to |
| On their website they have a detailed tutorial | | | | pick up a set of these fine wine dining glasses. |
| explaining how to make one of these. | | | | IX. Wine Chimes: Wine bottle windchimes, yes... |
| III. Wine Walls: An organic winery in Western | | | | wine chimes will provide a beautiful ring to your |
| Australia recently became the recipient of a | | | | afternoon while you sit out on the porch and |
| $20,555 AUD grant from that state's Sustainable | | | | enjoy the contents of a not yet recycled bottle. |
| Energy Development Office for this beautiful | | | | While wine bottle wind chimes can be found, this |
| structure. Interestingly enough water can store | | | | set of chimes are truly one of a kind. As a glass |
| more energy hot or cool then any other material | | | | laymen, I can only speculate as to how the artist |
| currently used. The structure is composed of | | | | went about crafting this clever piece- available at |
| about 13,500 wine bottles. | | | | Etsy in C2 designs personal shop (they make |
| IV. Cheese Trays: Turning now to smaller portable | | | | other cool stuff as well) |
| inventions we have the ever so tasteful and well | | | | X. Wine Glass Jewelry: So your sitting out front of |
| suited wine bottle cheese tray. Need I state the | | | | your wine bottle house, cooking on your wine |
| obvious connection here? These are available at | | | | bottle barbeque, listening to your glass wind |
| along with other recycled wine bottle products. | | | | chimes, drinking a glass of wine out of your wine |
| V. Decorative Vases: Wine bottle vases are fairly | | | | glass glass, watching the hummingbirds eat out of |
| common around the internet but these ones | | | | the bird feeder, and company is about to arrive. |
| found at display an uncommon degree of artistic | | | | What do you do? Slip on some wine glass jewelry |
| sensibility. I challenge you to find a superior wine | | | | of course! In truth their is quite a bit out there... I |
| waste based vase anywhere. (I also challenge you | | | | found three sites in five minutes, but this one was |
| to say that 3 times fast) | | | | my favorite. So there you have it, isn't it amazing |
| VI. Table Lamps: We found a couple of sites | | | | how many ways you can reuse one object? |
| featuring wine bottle lamps floating around the | | | | There is so much more beyond what I could list in |
| vast sea of cyberspace. However these beautiful | | | | this article and I'm sure you can probably come |
| selections from are clearly superior in form. I think | | | | up with a few yourself. Until next time, |
| it's very important when choosing a lamp that | | | | Congratulations on your libation creations and keep |
| you include a proper shade. Also their choice of | | | | up the fine wine design! |
| bottle shapes is very fitting for lampcraft. I would | | | | For pictures of the products featured in this |
| raise a toast to the talented craftsmen | | | | website and direct links to the people responsible |
| responsible for these inebrient accents. | | | | for these wonderful creations check out wine |
| VII. Hummingbird Feeders: "Honey the birds have | | | | bottle recycling on our website! |