Riedel Wine Glasses

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Nothing can compare to a good bottle of wine, perfectly cooled, properly decanted, and served in the right wineglass. One of the best wineglass manufacturers today is Riedel. They create a wide variety of glasses that are designed to enhance the wine drinking experience.

About Riedel

Riedel is an Austrian-based company known for producing high-quality wine glasses and other products such as decanters and stem-less wine glasses. The company was founded in 1756 and it has remained under the ownership of the same family since that period.

The glasses produced by Riedel are considered as one of the best by sommeliers and wine enthusiast alike. Their products are celebrated not only for the quality of the glass, but for its design as well. Each Riedel glass is made with the goal of enhancing your wine drinking experience.

The company has several wine glass collections and these include:

• Sommeliers
• Vinum Classic
• Vitis
• "O"

Sommeliers

Released in 1973, this Riedel line was developed in conjunction with the Associazoine Italian Sommeliers (AIS). Initially made up of 10 glass sizes, the Sommeliers line is designed to enhance the wine drinker’s experience. The wine glasses in the Sommeliers are created using over 24% lead crystal.

In 1991, the line was praised by Robert Parker, Jr., saying that the wine glasses produced by Riedel as "the finest glasses for both technical can hedonistic purposes". Parker is the publisher of the "Wine Advocate".

Vinum Classic

The Vinum Classic line, also known simply as ‘Vinum’, was introduced in 1986. It is the first machine-made wine glasses from Riedel. Each glass is made with 24% lead crystal. The shape of the glasses in this line helps to enhance a wine lover’s experience. It has helped raise awareness that the shape of the wineglass is as important to the wine drinking experience as wine itself.

The Riedel wine glasses in this line cater or the different varieties of wine from the full-bodied Bordeaux to the Chardonnay and the Champagne.

Vitis

"O"

"O", also known as O-Riedel, is the company’s latest release. It features stem-less wine glasses that are specifically designed for the different wine varieties.

"O" is the first collection for Maximilian Riedel. This line is touted by the company as the innovative "take on the wine tumbler". It is considered ideal for everyday use and like other Riedel products; it has been created with the goal of enhancing the wine drinking experience.

The line comes in different shapes and sizes that cater to the different wine varieties. The machine blown glasses in this line are up to 50% more affordable than those in the Vinum line.

Conclusion: Riedel Wine Glasses

The wine drinking experience is as much about the flavor of the wine as well as how it is drunk. Riedel understands that and has come up with a wide variety of wine glasses that are designed to enhance the wine’s flavor by allowing wine lover’s to enjoy the wine’s aroma.