White wine glass

Think of all the times you’ve truly enjoyed wine. Sinking into the sofa at the end of a long day. Watching someone you love pour for a table full of laughing friends. The first, fresh day when it’s warm enough to eat outside.

Now add in a glass that you love the look of, like these from Ngwenya, made entirely from recycled glass and hand blown by workers trained by experts from, amongst other places, the renowned Murano glass factory in Venice.

Ngwenya are a win for us on so many levels. Their products are elegant and great quality. Everything is made from recycled glass, with much of it collected by the surrounding community who are then paid for their work. They also provide the area with skilled, stable jobs in the factory itself. 

Then - and this is just brilliant - they run their furnace on old cooking oil collected from KFC outlets. What’s not to love?

Minor bubbles, blowing lines and variations in height and thickness are unavoidable in mouth blown glass and constitute clearest proof of an article individually handmade from 100% recycled glass.

Measurements: volume 250ml; rim diameter 70mm; bowl diameter 70mm; stem and foot height 100mm; overall height 195mm; weight 250g.