These Wine Carafes Are Weird and Sexy

Everybody loves really wowing the sh*t out of their normal vino squad with potent gossip, bringing word of the Backstreet Boys starting a new tequila brand or something like that. But if you bust out with one of these crazy-ass wine carafes by French designer Etienne Meneau, you won't just wow every one of your friends at the next meetup, you'll blow their freaking brains out with amazement.

Jesteśmy od wrażeniem😍 Kolekcja karafek do wina "The Strrange Carafes by Etienne Meneau" #PiwnicePółtorak #PiwnicePoltorak #Witrylow #PanskaGora #winnica #vineyard #farm #wino #wine #carafes #redwine #etiennemeneau

A post shared by Piwnice Półtorak Wine&Spirits (@winnica_piwnice_poltorak) on Mar 5, 2018 at 1:49am PST

The crazy carafes, which come via Craziest Gadgets, are ridiculously cool ways of storing the wine you're about to serve, and yeah, we want one for our house too. Only problem is, these things are expensive. Way expensive. No wait, f—cking astronomically expensive, as you're looking at a price tag for any one of these of around $2,500 euros, or $3,100.

Desejo do dia! Decanter que faz os vinhos correr pelas veias. Esses decantadores de vinho tem tudo a ver com o que os apreciadores de vinhos costumam dizer: que uma taça de vinho faz bem ao coração. O artista Etienne Meneau criou diferentes interpretações para os decantadores. Formas que se assemelham a veias e artérias do coração. A série chamada Stranger Carafes é feita à mão e por sopro. Algumas são funcionais outras apenas esculturas. Os inusitados recipientes contém exatamente uma garrafa de vinho. #decanter #decantadores #strauss #etiennemeneau #vinho #vinhotinto #resveratrol #cardio #bohemia

A post shared by Oak Vinhos Espumantes BH (@oakvinhosespumantes) on Mar 6, 2018 at 1:36pm PST

Yeah, so, unfortunately, dreams of whipping one of these bad boys out to show off at your next clink-n-drink are probably not going to come true.

A hand-blown wine decanter by Etienne Meneau. #etiennemeneau #winedecanter #design

A post shared by Browsa (@browsa_se) on Jan 25, 2017 at 11:27pm PST

Although you can still show the cool pictures.

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A post shared by Modern Artwork's (@modern.artw) on Jun 4, 2017 at 7:32am PDT

If you do happen to have $3,000 to spend on a wine carafe, first of all, can we get some investment advice from you, and second of all, prepare yourself for some extremely delicate pouring.

From the collection of French Sculptor Etienne Meneau

A post shared by arzukaner (@arzukaner) on Jun 16, 2012 at 6:38am PDT

Don't get totally down about the price though, 'cause there are other makers that produce equally weird-looking decanters for much cheaper. We definitely do not endorse this brand, however, we thought it'd be good to compare what you can get for way less money.

Live life on the edge #MyRiedel

A post shared by RiedelUSA (@riedelusa) on Jan 24, 2018 at 1:40pm PST

Are you inspired by these nuts carafes, or would you never want them 'cause you know they couldn't fit some delicious wine sangrias like the ones below? Talk about it in the comments! https://www.youtube.com/embed/NrJ5YcL47Sc See recipe. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2-AhTisjXPo See recipe.

Images: Etienne Meneau 2018