mountainman
Mammoth Mountain
Wine Bottler
Posts:3074
 | | 12/21/2005 11:41 PM |
| | Choice of a port or chardonnay Riedel stem for a Quarts de Charme? Same with a sauternes? | | | |
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jason
Napa Valley
Wine Addict
Posts:6756
| | 12/21/2005 11:48 PM |
| | If you are talking about the taller narrower chardonnay galsses and not the bulbous montrachet style ones than definitely the chardonnay glass. A port glass is too small to be able to enjoy the aromatics of a sauternes or QdC. | | | |
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skwid
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5452
| | 12/22/2005 12:10 AM |
| | Agree with Jason on this. Btw, go get yourself the Riedel Somm. Sauterne glass. It is my second favorite glass (after the Somm Champagne) and really does a great job with Sauterne and higher pradikat German Rieslings. | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15701
| | 12/22/2005 6:24 AM |
| I think I would choose the Port glass.
The glass wants to be small because one should pourdrink Sauternes a small amount at a time. A 2 ounce pour is what I like. That would get lost in the bottom of a Chardonnay stem. | | | |
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kpak
Alaska
Wine Thief
Posts:2836
| | 01/13/2006 6:20 AM |
| | How about for an icewine? | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:11169
| | 01/13/2006 12:33 PM |
| | I have glasses expressly for ice wines. They're miniatures of the Grand Burgundy Somms. | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15701
| | 01/14/2006 2:36 AM |
| Riedel does make an "ice wine" glass.
But if I had to choose between a port or chard glass again I would take the port because of the smaller size. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:11169
| | 01/14/2006 2:50 AM |
| | They're Lennox Tuscany Series. | | | |
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kpak
Alaska
Wine Thief
Posts:2836
| | 01/14/2006 2:53 AM |
| I've been using a port type glass for my dessert wines - the ice wine, late harvest riesling and the Mistelle de Viognier.
Closest choice from my current stemware collection. | |
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Binski
South Bay
Grape Fermenter
Posts:457
| | 01/15/2006 5:51 AM |
| | I would select the Riedel Port glass for those. | |
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