- Designed to enhance enjoyment of premium fortified wines
- Machine-made of 24% lead crystal
- Hand-washing recommended
- Perfect for bridal or any gift-giving occasion
- Height, Capacity: 6 1/2"H, 8 1/2 oz.
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Amazon.com Review
If, when asked to enumerate your favorite after-dinner beverages, you find yourself listing port, then you will cherish Riedel's Vinum series port glass. Austrian glassmaker Riedel has built a reputation based on the premise that the tongue is divided into four zones, each recognizing either sweetness, bitterness, saltiness, or acidity, and that by changing a glass's size and shape, it can be perfectly attuned to a particular wine's stylistic nuances. With this glass, Riedel has set its sights on the rich high-alcohol classics from Portugal. With its elegant, barely fluted teardrop design, the Vinum port glass serves to enhance the wine's floral, raisiny aromatics while mitigating any alcohol burn to the nose. In doing so, the Vinum port glass is sure to become indispensable after all fine meals. --Tony Mason
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Designed to enhance the rich flavors of Port, these Riedel Vinum Port glasses are a wonderful addition to your stemware collection. Treat your guests to an after-dinner indulgence, with the best stemware brand on the market.
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nice size, heft and balance; poor quality control,
By Bob Carpenter (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Riedel Vinum Port Glasses, Set of 6 (Kitchen)
I just picked up eight of these (Riedel 416/60) and found them to be the least well made Riedel Vinum glasses I've seen. Four of the eight stems had clearly visible casting lines down into the foot, and you could feel the ridge on all but one or two of the glasses. I am also not fond of the large logo spelling out RIEDEL on the bottom of the glass. I didn't even like the smaller initials they used to use. I want to think about what I'm drinking; I don't need to be reminded who made the stemware. Like the other Riedel glasses, the port glasses are extremely well balanced. For a glass so short with such a relatively large bowl, a thick, heavy foot is required for balance compared to the other glasses, which get away with relatively thin and light feet due to the leverage of longer stems and wider feet. Like their prestige cuvee champagne glasses, Riedel's port glasses are heavy, which feels nice in the hand, like good silver. The Riedel port glasses are the preferred shape for port, and can be used for other port-like drinks such as Banyuls (which is a relatively inexpensive, long-lived, grenache-noir-based fortified wine that's worth seeking out, especially for pairing with chocolate). I also use the port glasses for dessert wines of all kinds. This matches what I see in restaurants worldwide and works well for me, even if Riedel has a series of other recommendations for various dessert wines. Riedel's least expensive line of glassware labels this shape simply as "spirits", so it's not a stretch to put them into service for whisky, cognac, etc. Like all other heavy lead content crystal (24% here), be very careful washing them. Scratchy sponges, abrasive cleaner, grit in the sink, etc., will leave marks.
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Riedel? NOT!,
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This review is from: Riedel Vinum Port Glasses, Set of 6 (Kitchen)
These are NOT Riedel crystal! After I returned them, I told Amazon that that need to update the description. If you read the fine print, it does say "Manufactured to exact specifications of Riedel, Austria". They are made by some other company, not in Austria, and the quality is very, very low. You get what you pay for.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great glass for Port Lovers!,
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This review is from: Riedel Vinum Port Glasses, Set of 6 (Kitchen)
I was a little concerned after reading the reviews regarding the possible misrepresentation on the glasses being made in Austria by Riedel, but mine were machine made crystal made by Riedel in Austria. Washed them and tried them out immediately on some recent 1997 vintage port and they were super. Although the port was very young, the glasses really brought out the flavor in a side by side comparison. Great for entertaining, and a super value!
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