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Riedel Vinum Champagne/Prestige Cuvee Glasses, Set of 6 | 
| Brand: Riedel
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $165.00
Buy New: $141.00
as of 11/22/2009 21:02 CST details
You Save: $24.00 (15%)
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 92785
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 2.5 x 2.5 x 8.8
UPC: 632868416480
EAN: 0632868416480
ASIN: B00004SZ7Z
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Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 months
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| Features:
| • | Designed to put more bubbles in your bubbly | | • | Machine-made of 24% lead crystal | | • | Affordable second-tier from a prestigious name in wine-friendly stemware | | • | Made in Bavaria by world's premier wine glass maker | | • | Height, Capacity: 8 5/8"H, 8 1/8 oz. |
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Product Description
Renowned Austrian glassmaker Riedel designs the shape of each glass to most fully enhance the appreciation of the wine within. These two flutes are formed in a classic, straight-sided shape, which allows the bubbles from...
Amazon.com Review
Looking like an especially well-regulated art nouveau lava lamp, the Riedel Vinum Series Cuvee/Prestige glass was designed to add to your enjoyment of your favorite sparkling wines. The obvious and prime attraction to any bubbly is the bubbles. This glass is known as 416/48 to Riedel loyalists; at the interior bottom of its weighty, languidly curved bowl lies a small crystal pinhole. This etched "fizz mark" provides a rough surface on which the beads form, rising to the surface in a steady stream through the center of the liquid. It may sound scientifically dry, but it's just Riedel's way of putting the "fizz" in "physics." --Tony Mason
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 7
 A Rocker! June 15, 2008
Kathy Engo (san jose, ca)
One out of my four stems has a defect: uneven base which is difficult to detect by mere inspection; but it rocks ever-slightly on the granite counter. How weird. Imagine, a champagne rocker!!
Be sure to inspect the product THOROUGHLY upon arrival. I was alert by the other reviewer, S. Lam who lamented about quality problems for this particular stem. Lo & behold, I caught my champagne rocker on-time for replacement exchange. It's fair to knock off 1 star because of the trouble involved in the process.
 My Fav January 7, 2005
rash67 (USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The perfect Riedel Champagne glass focuses the nose of the Champagne like focusing a magnifying glass. Layers of flavor become apparent singlely, instead of just a muddled mass. Straight up & down tulip shaped glasses that hold in fine bubbles, so the wine doesn't go flat, may hold sightly better, but this glass really focuses the nose better.
Be careful hand washing, turn upside down and hold NEAR glass and shake gently, don't hold the bottom or stem may crack. Hang dry upside down.
Yeah they are pricey. Frankly all the Reidel glasses, each designed specifically for a different varietal, focus nose better than those made by any other glass maker I know. These people know what they are doing. They must have some real sommeliers (wines experts in restaurants) on their staff to design these. For high end wines, get the specific Reidel glass designed for what you drink most!
I have also used these for tasting quality dessert wines and cognac (only filling up a quarter or less) and they worked well for parsing noses!
Highly recommended April 11, 2004
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
These glasses strike just the right taste/aesthetics/quality/price balance. They are perfect to use to enjoy fine champagne at parties and not so fragile that I worry about the glasses being too easily broken or too costly to replace if something did happen to any of them.
Great product in reasonable price January 13, 2004
S. Lam (Oakland, CA United States)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I'm a Riedel fan because I used to work for wines business so I had chance to test different glasses for free, and Riedel offer the best quality along with the price factor. I have Sommelier Bordeaux glasses (real great for collection wines but it's a pain to hand wash it by myself with great care next morning) but Vinum series are the best for daily use. I don't mind that litte logo at all so it's not a problem to me (as long as it's my favour brand names). But caution: Riedel suffering quality control problem and it's happened few years ago, I know it because I used to check the shipment piece by piece when it arrived at my shops. My first shipment was no exception, it's came with 3 defected glasses, 1 with critical defect (Borken edge) and 2 with major defects (Bubbles mark at the bodies) Hey, it's 50% and unacceptable from such a famous manufacturer! The logistics from Amazon save the problem, the second shipment arrived 2 days later (Amazing!) and all glasses are free from defects (Hurray!). You got to be serious in drinking to appreciate what Reidel's quality make your fine champagne shine. Don't buy this if you expect these glasses will make your cheap sparkling wines taste better (although it helps a little), it will definitely disappoint you. Remember these glasses are suppose to pair with fine champagne!
Makes every occasion special! May 27, 2002
Lisa Shea
16 out of 20 found this review helpful
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. Champagne and sparkling wine are traditional at special occasions, but they're also being drunk more and more as a 'regular' accompanyment to sushi and before a meal. It's great that people are enjoying this delicious wine any time, and these glasses help bring out the great flavors in sparklers.
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