ChangeMe 
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1907
 | | 05-06-2004 03:51 PM |
| I use these all the time and love them, anyone else have these? I purchase them through Wine Enthusiast and they're made in Germany by Schott Zwiesel. | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Sorter
Posts: 307
| | 05-06-2004 04:33 PM |
| i've been thinking of trying these out for guests. | | | |
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Budman
Philly Suburbs
VinoCellar.com Extraordinaire
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ChangeMe
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1907
| | 05-06-2004 04:47 PM |
| Also, They are not quite as break resistant as you are led to believe, especially my favorites - the Bordauex model which is 11" tall and hold 25.9 oz., but IMHO, still much more break resistant than the Riedels that these replaced! | | | |
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calcabs
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 453
| | 05-06-2004 05:43 PM |
| LB - Awesome, so you mean you can dump a whole bottle of wine in them and still have a half ounce of swirling room!   | | | |
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ChangeMe
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1907
| | 05-06-2004 06:34 PM |
| Swirling room. . . . . . . .what's that???  | | | |
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calcabs
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 453
| | 05-06-2004 06:42 PM |
| LOL, in your case I guess it's what you get after drinking 2/3 of the bottle (oops I mean glass). | | | |
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ChangeMe
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1907
| | 05-06-2004 06:46 PM |
| Yeah, well it was either buy these or buy a 16" "crazy" straw! | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Sorter
Posts: 377
| | 05-07-2004 12:13 AM |
| So has anyone broken one of these glasses yet? Has anyone done a taste test of the Reidel or Spieglau against this glass? | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Sorter
Posts: 307
| | 05-07-2004 02:18 AM |
| for some reason i am not a big Spieglau fan. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1907
| | 05-07-2004 12:40 PM |
| Quote:
So has anyone broken one of these glasses yet? Has anyone done a taste test of the Reidel or Spieglau against this glass?
I have broken one, (and no, it was NOT because the bowl of the glass was so full ) slipped out of my hands while washing it. This has actually happened a couple of times, but only one broke. I now wait until the following morning to wash them.
My old everyday glass was the Riedel Vinum and my special wine glass was the Sommelier series.
I don't use the Vinums' at all anymore and I've grown to prefer the Tritan stems over the Sommelier for a couple of reasons, size and shape. The size; the size of the Sommelier Bordeaux is actually larger! Only 10" tall (Tritan - 11"), but holds 30oz (Tritan 25.90z.). Too round for my tastes. The shape; with the Tritans standing one inch taller, the bowl is a liitle slimmer, and tapers to a smaller opening at the rim. For me, this truly brings the wines aromas and the wines tastes to me all at once, enhancing my enjoyment of the wine. | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts: 12532
| | 05-07-2004 01:41 PM |
| Quote:
for some reason i am not a big Spieglau fan.
Hey, when you break as many glasses a year as I do you learn to live with it. | | | Joe-----Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Sorter
Posts: 307
| | 05-07-2004 04:39 PM |
| i keep telling you, wait until the next day to wash  actually, i have been washing my glasses in the dishwasher with great sucess. | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts: 12532
| | 05-07-2004 04:52 PM |
| Dude, I DO wait until the next day to wash. | | | Joe-----Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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juggernt
Tampa, FL, USA
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3484
| | 05-07-2004 04:52 PM |
| Quote:
i keep telling you, wait until the next day to wash
actually, i have been washing my glasses in the dishwasher with great sucess.
Do you have one of those special stemware racks or just in the dishwasher? | | | Visit The Butcher Block at http://www.butcherblocktampa.com/ | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Sorter
Posts: 307
| | 05-07-2004 04:56 PM |
| nope. just position them so they don't wobble around. | | | |
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Tom
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2384
| | 05-07-2004 07:52 PM |
| The glasses? | | | |
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Budman
Philly Suburbs
VinoCellar.com Extraordinaire
Posts: 23705
| | 05-07-2004 08:24 PM |
| WDoT... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! | | | |
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Rothko
Palm Beach
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5723
| | 05-07-2004 08:31 PM |
| LOL!!!!!
As for the glasses, my cardinal rule is to never wash them that night. Just splash some water into the stems and let them sit until morning, when steadier hands will prevail. | | | |
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Sascha
Grape Sorter
Posts: 235
| | 05-08-2004 09:45 PM |
| my ex's sister bought me some cheap (but very nice) white wine glasses a few years back. They were nice, until the OTHER three of them had dropped the damn things and left me with just ONE glass!
GF knows she'll "pay" for breaking good stemware *wg* when I own it!
I'll check them out though. Tritan...
Sascha Illyvich | | | |
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