TOAST's Pick of The Best glassware for festive entertaining
Whether you’re serving up wine, champagne or cocktails at your festive do this year (or perhaps all three…) – TOAST has rounded up some of the most attention grabbing glassware guaranteed to make your drinks stand out from the crowd this year.
Luxurious Lustre
As always Anthropologie’s range of winter glassware is super chic and guaranteed to impress to guests. Perfect for a beautifully laid Christmas table or a cocktail party of any size – their Lustered Wine Glasses look magical. The darker colour is perfect for cocktails, while the clear version is ideal for wine. A perfect way of adding elegant festive sparkle to your drinks offering this season.
Anthropologie's Lustered Wine Glass are £12 each.
Boozy Baubles
What could be more Christmassy than a pretty bauble filled with warm mulled wine, I ask you? Or even a delicious Christmas cocktail. We love these brilliant, bauble shaped glasses – each one comes with a cute candy cane-esque striped straw and a pretty hessian bow as a festive finishing touch. An injection of instant festive cheer!
A Pair of Festive Bauble Glasses are £9.99 from Culture Vulture.
Fabulous Fizz
If you’re serving champagne then you’ll want glasses that are really going to wow. LSA International has a vast selection of gorgeous glassware, but their Moya Grand Champagne Set is something else; this luxurious serving set features 12 of Moya's super elegant thick base, weighty stem handmade champagne flutes, and a matching champagne bucket big enough for 2 bottles! Ideal for any fizz-filled festive celebrations.
LSA'S Moya Set is £250 (gasses can be bought separately at £30 a pair) from LSA.
Cool Crystal
Serve up a slice of super cool member’s bar and restaurant group Soho House’s style at home this season with their gorgeous Barwell Cut Crystal collection. Named after the Barwell Barn at Soho Farmhouse, each mouth-blown, hand-cut piece (available as a champagne coupe, flute, martini glass, highball, tumbler and more) has a wonderfully weighty feel and a highly polished brilliance. Old-fashioned luxury meets unsurpassed style…
The Barwell Crystal Coupe, flute and martini glass all £32 each, highball and rocks glass £28 each. Sets of 6 and 12 available Sohohome.
Festive French Style
Dibor specialise in luxurious, beautifully made French glass and their gorgeous range of festive glassware oozes French glamour and sophistication. Each piece is smoked with colour and formed into a variety of contemporary, clean shapes and features an eye-catching (and seriously on-trend) metallic gold base, polished to a beautiful finish and guaranteed to add instant glitz to any seasonal soiree or stylish table this winter.
Dibor's 4 x red wine glasses are £45, 4 water glasses £49.00, 4 champagne flutes £45, purple & gold carafe £34.95 – all available from Dibor.
Go Bespoke
Bespoke Barware sell a jaw dropping range of weird and wonderful barware; if you’re looking for something with unrivalled elegance then their stunningly delicate Poppy Head Cocktail glass, complete with a glass straw, is for you. Or if you want to create a real talking point amongst your guests then when not serve your festive tipples in little hand painted Christmas Pudding Cups, or in a ceramic Turkey Leg Cocktail Mug?! Serious festive FUN.
Xmas Pud Cocktail Mug £17.50, Turkey Leg Cocktail Mug £20.50, Poppy Head Glass £35 from Bespoke Barware.
Sparkling Spots
Stemless wine glasses are always super stylish, but when they’re covered in shiny gold spots and the message ‘It’s always happy hour’? Well even better. Perfect for any party, Letteroom’s stylish spotty wine glasses are also great for serving cocktails and all sorts of other festive tipples. Want to really impress your guests…? Why not order them a personalised metallic tumbler instead – a cocktail glass and super cool Christmas present combined!
Gold spot wine glass £7.95, personalised metallic tumbler £17.95 from the Letteroom, see more on them in our Little Black Book.
Ho Ho Hire It
If you don’t want to invest in a whole new load of glasses then why not hire something fabulous for your festive do instead? Jones Hire is one of London’s premier catering rental companies, providing tableware, furniture and exquisite glassware for a whole host prestigious events. Their Baroque glassware collection, which comes in either Gold or Platinum depending on your colour scheme, is a range of fine cut glass crystal with a beautiful metallic patterned rim. A touch of luxury for special occasions - glassware doesn’t get much more opulent than this.
To hire items from Jones you can get in touch via their page in our Little Black Book for availability and prices.
Monogram Magic
Possibly our favourite champagne glasses EVER – Anthropologie’s stunning new monogrammed flutes. These beautiful flutes are tall, slim and oh-so elegant. They have a stylish gold rim and base, but the wow factor lies in the gold spots printed on the glass itself, subtly mixed with a letter of your choice. Pick a letter for each of your friends or family, and watch them be absolutely delighted!
Anthropologie's Monochrome Flutes are £12 each.
The Grand Finale
Last but by no means least – don’t forget the port, amaretto or perhaps the sherry! Whatever digestif (or even aperitif) you intend to treat your guests to this Christmas, for super festive presentation power then why not serve up your tempting tipples on this gorgeous gold lacquer tray from John Lewis, complete with three pairs of dramatically tall high stem glasses, all beautifully decorated with festive patterns. Guaranteed wow factor this winter!
John Lewis Liqueur Glasses and Tray, 50ml, Clear/Gold, Set of 6 £30.
For further information about our featured vendors, visit TOAST's Little Black Book.
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Don’t forget to tag @ToastLifeUK in all your fizz-filled festivities – we would love to see your photos!