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Rating: - A much appreciated wedding gift - very useful and beautiful
We received these as a wedding gift and we love them. They feel so balanced in our hands. They also look "quality". My husband isn't much of a wine drinker but he enjoys drinking wine in these. He also likes the way they sound when we clink glasses.These are the only high-end wine glasses we own and the shape and size of the glasses work for red wine as well as white wine for everday use. Later in our married life I'm sure we'll get more wine glasses for different needs but these are perfect for starters. I'm grateful to the previous reviewers who led me to these glasses which we then registered for.
Rating: - excellent glasses for every kind of wine
I use the Riedel vintage cuvee champagne flutes for sparkling wines (416/48), the chianti/zinfandel/riesling (416/15) glasses for white wines and everyday drinking, the syrah/Rhone (416/30) glasses for red wine, and the port glasses (416/60) for port and other fortified wines, dessert wines, and cognac. These glasses form a comprehensive set for me, and the shapes match nicely.For everyday use, these glasses are much smaller than the glasses designated for other red wines: syrah, cabernet, tempranillo, or burgundy. I prefer the more rounded, narrow mouthed shape to the chardonnay glasses, although those would be my second choice for an all-around glass. As with all lead-based crystal, be careful washing these. Scratchy sponges, towels with grit, or dinging them with cutlery can easily leave permanent scratches.
Rating: - Perfect for just about any Red wine!
I've done many, many tests on how wine tastes differently in various glass options and in different situations. Riedel is one of the tests that is easy for even beginning drinkers to see the difference in. The flavor is *amazingly* different when you compare the exact same wine in a Riedel glass vs normal wine glasses. Even if you buy inexpensive wines, you will get much more enjoyment out of them with this glassware compared to other options. If you are buying mid-range wines, the difference will blow you away. Think of the Riedel glass as allowing you to see what the wine in your bottle *really* was meant to taste like. I *love* not only Chianti but also red Zinfandel wines, and this is perfect for both. In addition, you can use the Chianti glass for a number of other red wine types, and find it greatly enhances the flavor for them all. If you're a red wine lover, definitely give these a try!
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