Here’s the Real Reason They Use Gold Wine Glasses on “Love is Blind”

If you haven’t yet seen Love is Blind — and I admire your restraint if you haven’t — the show is a Netflix phenomenon where 32 hopeful singles willingly date each other sight unseen in rooms called the “pods” with the goal of getting engaged. Once betrothed, the couples finally get to see each other face-to-face, head for a honeymoon-like vacation, and then are forced to cohabitate back in the city where they are from. As you can imagine, this show draws in quite a cast of characters every season (is anyone feeling as eager as I am to see Chris Fusco get roasted at the Ohio reunion?). However, there is always one unexpected breakout star of the reality competition series — and it isn’t one of the men and women on the hunt to find true love. It’s their gold wine glasses. 

When they made their debut during season one, viewers quickly took note of the gold wine glasses popping up in what felt like every scene. The brushed gold metal goblets — a decidedly unique twist on the classic clear glass that most people rely on to sip their wine of choice — have become so popular on social media that series creator Chris Coelen addressed them in an interview with Variety in 2022.

Coelen played slightly coy about the reasoning behind the breakout prop from the series, telling the outlet, “I don’t know. It’s something I like. When you turn on the show, you know it’s our show. It’s a very authentic, really true following of these people’s journeys, but I like the fact that we have this sort of connective tissue with that in a really light way, it’s fun.”

Still, it seems far too strategic to some that these opaque gold glasses made their way from the anonymous pods to the couples’ vacations afterward, where matched duos are whisked away to get to know each other before their quickie weddings just weeks later.

They even appeared during the big family meet-and-greets and wedding gown and tux shopping appointments, because nothing says true love quite like a celebratory glass of wine out of a massive, opaque gold goblet.

Some eagle-eyed fans even noticed two different kinds of gold wine glasses: ones with long stems, and ones without. And while it might seem on a surface level that the glasses exist solely as a quirky aesthetic statement that just happens to elicit plenty of online buzz and chatter, some fans have pointed out that the glasses help eliminate any continuity errors on the part of the editing team, so viewers won’t notice when scenes have been strategically edited out of chronological order.

As social media strategist Mia Aquino noted on X, “Seeing so many posts on #LoveIsBlind gold wine glasses. It just simply helps with editing/the continuity of the scene. You can’t see how much is left in the glass! Gotta love reality tv!!”

Whether or not the origins of the gold glasses are as juicy as fans are speculating, fans are definitely curious about where they can buy their own — perhaps for future viewing parties or to simply have their very own reality TV moments (sans cameras and a production crew). 

Thankfully, there are options: You can order the official Love Is Blind gold cups from the Netflix shop, or you can snag this set of two gold wine glasses from Amazon in case you, too, are saving up for a dream wedding to someone you just met a few weeks ago.

Buy: Lifecapido Stainless Steel Wine Glasses, Set of 2, $19.99