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 ...

However, it is his son and successor, Georg, who has given Riedel its global renown and aura of indispensability. He has done this by custom-designing glasses for nearly every major grape variety ...

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.

September 7, 2021 • A bit of a cynic, I never gave a whole lot of credence to glassware intended for specific grape ... Riedel made me a believer. No exaggeration- the difference between glasses ...