Sales Rank: 733


Features:

Made by world renowned wineglass makers

4 glasses shaped for serving red wines

Machine-blown of lead-free potash glass

Cut-and-polished rims so wine flows easily onto tongue

Each holds 12-3/8 ounces, stands 7-3/8 inches high

Average Rating:
Rating: - Excellent, inexpensive - great for beginning oenophiles!
If you're like me, you'd rather put your hard-earned money towards nice wines than on overpriced glassware. However, wine just doesn't taste the same if you drink it out of a plastic cup (yes, I am a college student). These entry-level glasses from Riedel fit the bill perfectly for my needs and are a great value for the price. The nose is enhanced, the taste is more pronounced, and the overal wine experience is heightened by using a high quality glass like this one. Plus, if one of them accidently gets broken, at [this price per] glass its not a big deal. However, I wouldn't trust the dishwasher with these glasses even though the description says you can. And yes, they are not crystal but they are very close at a fraction of the price. Highly recommended.

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Rating: - Great QPR!
Since I don't have a ton of money to spend... I was looking for great value at a reasonable price. The Vinum series was a little out of my price range so I went for the Ouverture glasses. They are excellent. The tulip shape brings out the aroma of the wine and they are appropriate as an all purpose glass for red or white wine.

This glass is also a good size. When you fill about 1/3 + you get a 4-5 oz glass of wine with room to swirl the wine.

If you are on a budget these glasses will serve you well.

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Rating: - Our everyday wine glass
Shortly after moving to the Sonoma region, we heard Riedel glasses referenced as "the" wine glass by several high-end winery personnel. We first found these glasses in a wine shop in the town of Sonoma, but it was several visits before they were in stock, and we able to try them.

There *is* a noticeable difference in the wine-tasting experience, enough for the better that we have junked our assortment of miscellaneous glasses, and now use these as our everyday glasses. We also have several varieties of Riedel's Vinum glasses, which get used on formal occasions, or with particularly special wine, but these have become our 'go-to' glasses.

They are a bit fragile, which is the reason for 4 stars, instead of 5. However, when the enhancement of the wine experience is weighed against the number of tastings/broken-glass ratio, they are well-worth it. Shipping from Amazon has been damage-free so far.