Hung Out to Dry

If you've ever owned long stem wine glasses, you've probably had to deal with the difficult task of drying them.  You run the risk of breaking them if you put them in the dishwasher, and if you turn them upside down to dry on a towel, they often get splotchy water marks.

One solution is to switch to stemless wine glasses!  However, as we already have a large collection of sentimental stemware, most of which was acquired on wine tasting adventures, and because Bryann prefers the stemware anyway, I've come up with a few drying solutions for those with stemmed glasses.

This StemGrip Stemware Holder solves the dishwasher problem.  It clips glasses in place and settles on top of one of the dishwasher rack pins, so your glasses don't move around and get broken during the wash cycle.  It seems to be pretty well reviewed.

If you don't trust your dishwasher, or prefer hand washing your stemware, try out a stemware rack by Oenophilia.  It holds 16 glasses AND a decanter AND it folds away for easy storage.  It has great reviews, and it's cheaper on Amazon than on the company website.  (I may be putting this on my wishlist!)






Another way to let your glasses air dry without those splotchy water marks is to hang them from an undercabinet stemware rack.  The one featured at the left is also by Oenophilia, but Bryann and I found one at Bed Bath and Beyond, and I'm sure any store with a home storage section will sell this.  It has enough room for up to 9 wine glasses, and even has enough room for our large cabernet glasses.  Just lay a towel underneath and voila!  No more caked on water splotches!