Georg Riedel, an Austrian ... stemware dedicated to specific grape varietals. He asserted that a pinot noir-based wine from Burgundy needed a vastly different glass than a Bordeaux blend of ...

You’ve likely heard of Riedel for two reasons ... follows function,’ he tailored each wine glass shape to enhance the characteristics of each grape varietal. As a result, the wine showed ...

Each glass has Riedel’s flat-bottom design ... “concentrating the aromas and flavors of a specific grape varietal and delivering an enhanced experience to the nose and palate.” ...

Riedel told them that ... The process, he told me, was the same as when he designs a glass for a specific grape or wine. He brings in a team of people who have the most intimate knowledge about ...

Years ago I took a glass tasting course from Riedel--which I'm sure you understand ... when served in one designed for the specific grape. In fact, the change in perception is so dramatic, you ...

What Riedel’s use of the term promises is “a technologically-advanced and user-friendly collection of grape-varietal-specific glasses.” It starts with the visual, the new glasses being the ...

When you request a glass of wine at an open bar, a trendy new restaurant, or a friend's backyard gathering, there's a high chance someone will hand you a stemless glass full of your grape of choice.

At yesterday's Riedel wine tasting, part of South Beach Food and Wine Festival's Wine & Spirits Seminar, we tested four of their Vinum XL grape-specific shaped glasses. It all starts with a wine ...

I spoke with Maximilian Riedel, the 11 th generation ... Thin skins means soft tannins, and the grape itself has unbalanced acidity — that’s what our glass will take care of.

Try this: a two-pack of the new Riedel Veritas Champagne wine glasses from the 300-year-old Austrian glass company, Riedel. Developed with the input of the Champagne industry, the crystal glasses ...

GEORG RIEDEL MAY BE the greatest wine-glass salesman on the planet. For the past 41 years, he has been on the road, crossing time zones, visiting restaurants and drinking in wine bars ...