Riedel Ouverture Red Wine Glasses, Set of 4

by Riedel

Product Features

• 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
• Made by world renowned wineglass makers

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.2 x 3.2 x 7.4 inches ; 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000069CF3
• Item model number: 408 /00
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,743 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Perfect for everyday use, the four red-wine glasses in this set are part of the moderately priced Ouverture series offered by world-renowned Austrian wineglass maker Riedel Crystal (founded in 1756). Being lead-free, they're not crystal like Riedel's premium glasses but are machine blown of potash glass and are dishwasher-safe. Their thin rims are cut and polished to Riedel's exacting standards, so wine flows easily onto the tongue. Each glass holds 12-3/8 ounces and stands 7-3/8 inches high. Though glasses shaped and sized for different types of wine seem commonplace today, when Riedel introduced this idea in 1961, it was revolutionary. Since then Riedel has continued fine-tuning glasses to bring out the best characteristics in wines and spirits. Varying bowls' shapes and sizes affects the position of the head when sipping and where wine first contacts the tongue's various taste zones. --Fred Brack

Product Description

Enjoy Riedel quality at an incredibly affordable price! Like the Sommelier and Vinum crystal, each Ouverture stem is designed to enhance the specific wine for which it was created. Perfect for everyday use, these lead-free glasses will be as comfortable in your dishwasher as in your hand. Set of 4. 7 3/8"H, 12 3/8 oz.Set of 12 (WG20-301) is also available.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, inexpensive - great for beginning oenophiles!, November 7, 2002

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Ted (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Riedel Ouverture Red Wine Glasses, Set of 4 (Kitchen)

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.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They work, November 3, 2003

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R. Plourde (Nashua, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Riedel Ouverture Red Wine Glasses, Set of 4 (Kitchen)

I was actually surprised to find that wine *did* taste better from these glasses than what I'd used before. (Hmmm -- not necessarily better; bad wines taste worse, an unanticipated consequence.) In addition, the glasses are simple but pretty without being so expensive that I'm afraid to use them. I'm even willing to put them in the dishwasher, an important consideration for a self-indulgent bachelor. (I did manage to break one, though -- my own fault.) All in all, could hardly have been better.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's the little things you'll appreciate, January 21, 2003

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M. Grice "GoodHands" (Detroit area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Riedel Ouverture Red Wine Glasses, Set of 4 (Kitchen)

I have close to 50 glasses dedicated to alcohol of various types. The REIDEL Ouverture line is one of my favorites. Looking and touching the glass, you notice that the rim is ground and polished and the seams are minimimal, helping the glasses achieve an artistic beauty many glasses try to duplicate, but lack the attention to detail.

But, these are wine glasses not paintings... The lines will accent about any table and the attention to detail and really brings out the smallest subtleties in the wine. Does it really deserve 4 stars, well I'd give it 4.5-4.75, but that's not an option.