Riedel Vinum Brandy / Cognac Snifter, Set of 4 : Reviews, Cheap, Discount Kitchenware, Kitchen Riedel Vinum Brandy / Cognac Snifter, Set of 4

Sales Rank: 5077

Features:

6 inches tall; capacity of 29-5/8 ounces

Four glasses made for brandy or cognac

Balloon-style bowl shaped for holding and wafting aroma to nose

Machine-made, 24-percent lead crystal

Made in Austria by world's premier wine glass maker

Average Rating: 5.00 out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Cognac Snifter
I purchased these glasses for a special occasion. They are a great glass for celebrating. Like other Reidel glasses, they are light and enjoyable to drink out of. We also have the 416/71 and for cognac I'll take this glass.

Rating:

- Snap 'em up before they're gone
Riedel has discontinued these snifters. For Cognac (and I suppose that goes for Armagnac and other brandies), Riedel's now suggesting the "Hennesy Cognac" glasses, code 416/71, which look like their port glasses with flared rims. If you love snifters and don't care if the trendy oenophiles turn up their noses, go ahead and get a case of these. Personally, I like nothing better than to roll cognac around in a snifter after dinner. Like the other Vinum glasses, the brandy snifters are grandly scaled, wonderfully balanced and gorgeously proportioned. None of the nose-stuck-in-the-bowl problem that you get with some snifters.