I like using the Backface Culling/Inverted Normals trick to show bottles a little differently. Transparency is over-rated.
That said, I think a good transparent dither isn't so bad either.
Anyhow, this is how a lot of my family growing up would plan a party. Of course, there would also usually be meats (venison that someone shot themselves) and cheeses (because Wisconsin), and a baby carrot or two. But that stuff was an after-thought: the booze made the party.