Practice Safe Sipping — This Genius Product Is Basically a Condom Wine Stopper

When I think of the biggest catastrophes facing the world today, there are three that come to mind: ignoring the facts about climate change, not exercising your ability to vote, and, of course, wasting good wine. I'd like to use this platform to talk about the wine.

While there are plenty of ways to avoid this alcoholic burden (just drink it all seems like the easiest solution), many people like to go the wine-stopper route. It's intuitive — drink as much as you want, then stop and cork it — but what about those times when you're sipping on the go and need a way to save your precious red?

This is just the type of scenario that motivated a mom-and-son duo to create Wine Condoms ($14 for six), and yes, it's just what it sounds like. These wine stoppers are made of thin, stretchy material that rolls down the, er, shaft of the bottle to preserve the wine. Stash one in your bag so it's always there when you need it.