Riedel Vinum Extreme 4-Piece Wine Tasting Set

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find more information or buy Riedel Vinum Extreme 4-Piece Wine Tasting Set Average Amazon Customer Rating:  Amazon.com Review Made in Austria by the worlds most renowned wineglass maker, Riedel Crystal, founded in 1756, the four large glasses in this wine-tasting set from Riedels Vinum Extreme series established a new standard when they were introduced. Distinguished by their bowls dramatically flared diamond shape, the glasses provide an exceptionally wide evaporation surface, thereby intensifying a wines bouquet and silky texture. The glasses are machine-blown of 24 percent lead crystal and conform to Riedels exacting standards: theyre colorless, transparent, and thin-walled, and their lips are cut and polished so wine flows smoothly onto the tongue. Though glasses shaped and sized for different types of wine seem commonplace today, when Riedel introduced this idea in 1961 it was a revolutionary concept. Since then Riedel has continued fine-tuning glasses to bring out the best characteristics in wines and spirits. Varying bowl shapes and sizes affect the position of the head when sipping and where wine first contacts the tongues taste zones. Thus, the four glasses in this set are ideal for tasting seven varietals: cabernet sauvignon/merlot (9-3/4 inches high, holds 30-3/8 ounces); pinot noir/nebbiolo (9-1/2 inches, 29-5/8 ounces); riesling/sauvignon blanc (9-1/2 inches, 16-7/8 ounces); and chardonnay (9-1/8 inches, 27-1/2 ounces). Riedel crystal is used by fine restaurants all over the world and thus must stand up to frequent trips through a dishwasher. But because lead crystal has a soft, coarse surface to convey intense aromas, Riedel recommends the glasses be hand washed. --Fred Brack . . .Read More  Four large, dramatically shaped glasses ideal for tasting seven varietal wines  Diamond-shaped bowls intensify bouquet, enhance wines silky texture  For cabernet/merlot; pinot noir/nebbiolo; riesling/sauvignon blanc; chardonnay  Machine-blown of 24 percent lead crystal  Made in Austria by world renowned wine-glass maker