WineOfTheWeek loves the Ryder cup. WineOfTheWeek also hates Rupert Murdoch. WineOfTheWeek will not have Sky in the house. Therefore WineOfTheWeek cannot watch the Ryder Cup live. WineOfTheWeek will be listening to the Ryder Cup on BBC Radio 5 Live.

To celebrate the arrival of the greatest sporting event of them all here’s some top notch wine related golf tat:

1. The Ultimate PGA Golf Set

A sure sign that you’ve made it as a golfer is when you get your name on a bottle of wine.

So here we have a Luke Donald Collection Claret from California and an Ernie Els Red Blend from South Africa. You also get some uncorked.com tees thrown in as well as a golf towel – very useful for today’s conditions at Celtic Manor.

Be prepared to part with $129.

2. The Golf Club Bottle Holder

This is the type of quirky tat that  manufacturers tend to describe as a ‘conversation piece’. When in fact it’s simply what it is – novelty, quirky tat.

The shaft is solid maple wood and we are certainly intrigued to understand the physics behind it. Also comes in dark wood.

And that manufacturers description: “The Golf Club Wine Balancer wraps around the neck of any wine bottle to create a striking conversation piece”.

Told you.

3 . Wooden Boxed Golf Wine Stopper and Corkscrew

If you live and breathe golf and you love your wine then why wouldn’t you want a golf ball adorning your wine stopper?

If you’re one of those people who packs a bottle of wine as their extra club (in anticipation of the dross they serve at the clubhouse) then why wouldn’t you want a golf ball molded to your corkscrew?

4 Golf Bag Wine Bottle Holder

Dear Mrs WineOfTheWeek. I really want one of these! A product that needs no description.

Please feel free to forward me any other spectacular golf and wine tat over the Ryder Cup Weekend. Email me or tweet @wineoftheweek

The Wine Bottle Accessory Kit performs a balancing act between tat and cool. And, for me, cool just about wins out.

The bottle shaped case worries me slightly – describesd as “matte black plastic” – I fear it may be similar to the cheap industial packaging of my Darth Vader figurine case ($26?!).

 The kit comprises of a combo corkscrew/bottle opener, drip stop ring, stopper, foil cutter, and a combo pourer/stopper. 

Check it out.

Every now and then you come across something so utterly preposterous that it almost defies belief.

And so it is with the $30,000 Corkscrew from Svied. Remind me, there’s a recession on right?

It may have an 18 carat gold fingertip lever, but take a look at this video. Personally, I would have lost the will to live during the age it takes him to cut the foil.

Note to self: File under tosh.

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