Elegant, functional, and a little bit classy

There’s nothing quite like stretching out after a hard day and taking a long drink from a good can of wine—a fine gas station vintage that pairs perfectly with a plump hotdog that’s been heat-lamped to perfection while rotating slowly for most of a day.

But at some point, a certain percentage of people graduate to fancier options, with glass bottles and sometimes even a cork. Making it to this point is notable, because good wine is delicious and doesn’t taste like old tin.

That’s where you can start getting into the accessories game, with fancy glasses and sassy aprons. (It is, indeed, wine o’clock somewhere.)

And bottle stoppers.

Sure, it’s possible that you’ve simply never needed a wine stopper before, since polishing off a bottle of wine and chucking it into the recycling bin seems to work just fine. But it’s nice to have the option.

After all, a bottle stopper doesn’t just unlock the ability to have half a bottle of wine. It also unlocks the ability to have a bottle and a half.

Plus, this does more than just plug up the end of your bottle. You can do that with a little decorative snowman stopper. Or the end of your thumb.

This one, though, will actually let you pour without having to remove it, making it perfect for a bottle that’s going to get passed around the table or maybe live in the fridge for a couple of days.

It’s not cute. It is functional. And it’ll let you live like a person who knows what to do with a bottle of wine—whether you do or not.