To most, a bottle opener is a bottle opener. They serve one purpose -- to usually open your favorite beverage -- but there is a whole assortment of bottle openers on the market from the traditional handheld bottle opener to wall mounted bottle openers to many different novelty openers. In fact, at Phoronix Media we have even made some of the world's most expensive bottle openers out of computer hardware. Most commonly though is just the traditional handheld bottle opener, which is nice, but can at times be difficult to use with some tightly sealed imports and the openers can easily get lost within a crowded kitchen drawer . One of the alternatives to opening your favorite beer or soda is the Be Open Bottle Opener, which is a truly unique product.

While selecting new stemware often comes down to personal preferences with how one prefers their glass, and for wines, which types of wine they will be drinking, there are some covert differences between wine glasses. Of course, when it comes to the visible differences there has to be decided the foot of the glass, the stem, the bowl, and so on. There is also a decision of whether the glass is actually made out of glass, lead crystal, or another material. Beyond that some glasses make these claims of no break-ability and other distinguishing features. Anyways, in this review I am sharing some of my thoughts on the Villa Balloon Wine Glasses from Luminarc.

Have you ever had a problem opening a bottle of wine? You spend all this money and cannot wait to get your hands on the latest wine everyone is talking about, but only when you go to open it, the cork breaks or it requires two people to open? These common problems can be solved with the handy Tabletop Corkscrew with Suction Base. This device, which secures in place against a countertop, is designed to make opening a wine bottle -- of any size -- a quick and easy process.

It's the middle of winter and you feel like making a nice cup of cappuccino. What better to complete the cappuccino (or a latte) than with a creamy froth. Usually to do this you would need a coffee machine that had a special attachment, but now you can easily make it in a glass yourself without buying unnecessary, bulky, and expensive machines. With the BonJour Primo Latte Frother you can create a head of froth in a matter of seconds.