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The Meadows Collection
Adela & Mark Meadows


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Pictured below is the CFO of The Meadows Collection:

However, Porky is a very important member of meadowscollection.com and since he's so important, he gets to select a special item for each issue, an item that is Porky’s Pick.  In his own words:

"I'm a cat, it's true; and cats don't generally need much in the way of accoutrements...a nice collar perhaps, but that's about it.  It's different with humans, however.  Very different. The right accessories make all the difference in the world in how one is perceived by others. Take wine for example...nector of the gods when served at the correct temperature, with complementary food, in the proper glass, etc., etc. But very bad when drunk directly from a bottle concealed in a brown paper bag.

It all begins with selecting the right wine and for that one must initiate the all-important first taste.

For this, a true connoisseur doesn't take a swig directly from a glass...those in the know have a proper accoutrement known as a tastevin.

The fact that I have no bones about plunking down and grooming myself in front of guests has nothing to do with my hoping to eliminate gauche behavior in others. Remember...I'm a cat and play by different rules.

So for wine, the rules call for a tastevin! Just look at the dapper fellow shown above, he has not one, but two tastevins, and they are radically different types.  I'm doing my utmost to add a touch of class around here, and hence my pick for this issue is a selection of tastevins."

We'd like to add that we do indeed feature several tastevins in this issue including a rare pottery example from Quimper, a pewter one with an Air France provenance, and two silver examples from Paris.

Please see this issue's Shop in Your Slippers pages for further information.