Riedel Vinum Chardonnay/Chablis Wine Glasses, Set of 6
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: RiedelBrand: Riedel
Model: 416/ 5
Product features:
- Designed specially for wines made from Chardonnay and other select white grapes
- Machine-made of 24% lead crystal
- Affordable second-tier from a prestigious name in wine-friendly stemware
- Made in Bavaria by world's premier wine glass maker
- Height, Capacity: 7 3/4"H, 12 3/8 oz.
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Riedel Vinum Chardonnay/Chablis Wine Glasses, Set of 6
Customer Review: C'mon people
Summary: 1 Stars
As an "insider" in the wine industry, I always get a supreme chuckle from the self-important neophytes who come into their newfound love affair with wine SWEARING that Riedel makes wine taste "different" or the way its "supposed to taste".....<chuckle>....Georg Riedel has made a large fortune of the gullibility of eonophiles desiring to impress their beer-swilling neighbors.Look, if this glass is scientifically calibrated for Chardonnay, then tell me why competing glass manufacturers sell Chardonnay glasses with differing shapes??? The answer is that after you shell out for Riedel, you'll do ANYTHING to convince yourself that the glasses "improve" the wine. Independent studies, however, have shown (even among skilled tasters/reviewers) that the shape of a glass influences the nose of the wine by narrowing the aperture, thereby focusing the smells. However, the taste is not affected - the wine does not preferentially spill onto different parts of your palate because of the shape of the bowl! Think about it, you're always going to pour the wine onto the same part of your tongue! Get a couple of different shaped glasses, pour water out of them and watch!
Save your money and buy some durable all-purpose glasses (the kind ours, or any other winery pours from in their tasting room!)
Description of Riedel Vinum Chardonnay/Chablis Wine Glasses, Set of 6
What can we learn from a Riedel (rhymes with "needle") glass? That size matters, as does shape? That form following function has meaning for wine-lovers as well as designers? Or perhaps the deeper lesson that the contents of an outwardly "plain" glass may provide a more sensual, complex, and rewarding experience than those of a superficially beautiful one? The Austrian Riedel family has been involved with glass-making since 1756, but it was two centuries later that Claus Riedel conceptualized a glass made specifically to enhance the flavors and aromas of a designated wine. Through an involved process each style of glass is crafted to accentuate the strengths, while minimizing the weaknesses, of a particular spirit. This is done through changes in the size and shape of the bowl, the diameter of the opening and the cut and polished lip which directs the wine towards a specific area of the tongue. Small wonder Riedel stems are preferred by sommeliers and oenophiles world wide for their ability to transform the perception of a wine.When you first hear of the philosophy behind Austrian glassmaker Riedel and its Vinum line of machine-made full-crystal stemware, you can be forgiven for raising your eyebrows higher than prices of white Burgundy. The tongue is divided into four zones, each recognizing either sweetness, bitterness, saltiness, or acidity and that by matching the size and shape of the glass to specific wines, their sensory attributes can be enhanced? Fortunately, with the Riedel Vinum series Chardonnay glass, the company has put its Montrachet where its mouth is and come up with a design to please not only Chardophiles, but also fans of Chenin, Viognier, the Pinot brothers--Gris and Blanc--even noble rotters from Sauternes. A Pacific Northwest Chard tasted in both the Riedel and what was previously thought to be "the good crystal" revealed a balanced acidic brightness in the former and a sort of boozy flabbiness in the latter. With its medium-height bowl and tapered opening, the Vinum Chardonnay glass almost forces you to purse your lips, directing the wine to the mid-tongue's acid receptors and thereby balancing the wine's fruit and oak. --Tony Mason
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