Some conversations go better with a glass in hand. Wine Lovers is the Orange Liar collection built for exactly those evenings: lidded stemless wine tumblers in clean white, each one wearing a character from our menagerie in full orange glory. It is satire you can sip from, made for book club, the back porch and the kind of dinner party where everyone ends up in the kitchen by nine.
Characters worth raising a glass to
The Swamp's Return brings a gangly orange creature with a long duck bill and a pompadour, standing on one leg while a puff of fire escapes his beak, as if he has just tasted something much spicier than the label promised. Fraud Alert puts the hyena in his bright orange suit and tinted glasses beside a caption that reads like a notice at the bank. DT Reeks shows up in black and white, the skunk in his sharp suit with that suspicious little flame at his fingertips. In Bacon I Trust gets the big-eyed pig in the purple suit, glossy orange curl down his forehead, staring solemnly out from the side of the glass like a toast he takes very seriously.
The ones with advice for the evening
Some tumblers come with a gentle recommendation printed right on them. Leave Deadbeat Don in the Dust sends the shaggy jackal off with a wave. Beware the Pied Piper keeps the grinning rat at a safe distance, and Keep the Cheese, Lose the Jailhouse Rat offers a household rule nobody at the table will argue with. The Crime Boss jackal takes up a whole side by himself with his rainbow swirl eye, and A Squawking Genius Is Still Just a Bird Brain gets a fluffed-up orange bird and the final word. Hold one of these at a party and watch how quickly the room drifts over to read it.
For the friend who hosts the good nights
This collection is for the woman who always has a bottle open and a seat saved, the one whose kitchen is where the real conversation happens. She loves a sharp joke, a long story and a friend who gets both. Hand her The Swamp's Return on a Friday night and she will know exactly which one of her friends is going to laugh hardest when she sets it on the table. The wine is hers to choose. The company is hers to invite. And the cartoon on the glass is always ready with an opinion, so she can simply smile and take another sip.
Written by James. Thanks for reading.
