RIEDEL Sommeliers Rheingau
This elegantly designed glass is ideal for enhancing the delicate flavors of white wines from northern regions like Mosel, Rheingau, Franken, and Weinviertel. Its unique 'acid spoiler' rim accentuates the crisp, dry character and high acidity, while delicately bringing out the fruitiness. The shape subtly encourages the wine to make contact first with the tip of the tongue, where sweetness-sensitive taste buds heighten the perception of the wine's fruit notes. Additionally, the design minimizes contact with the sour-tasting edges of the tongue, ensuring a harmonious balance of flavors with a pleasant, almond-like finish. This glass not only enhances the taste but also the overall enjoyment of young, chilled white wines with its refined design.
Sommeliers was the world’s first wine friendly glass collection and a design revolution created by Claus J. Riedel (9th generation). The range adheres to the Bauhaus design principle of form follows function, as Claus J. Riedel had discovered that certain wines showed more depth and better balance when enjoyed from certain shapes. Thin-blown and unadorned, Sommeliers was the beginning of RIEDEL's dominance of the global wine glass market.
This product is handmade.
Our master glassmakers individually craft each item so every piece has a unique character. Due to the nature of crafting, small tolerances in the size and weight of each product, tiny bubbles, imperfections, or slight surface variations are an acceptable part of the process.
This item is dishwasher safe.
This pack contains a single piece.
Year of design 1973
Capacity 230.0 ccm
Height 206.0 mm
Box quantity 1
Type of Manufacturing handmade
Material Crystal
RIEDEL Sommeliers Rheingau
Hard Facts
Owning a handmade Sommeliers glass is like owning a piece of history - the collection defined a new modern age thanks to their thin, undecorated, functional design. Though they are now over 40 years old, the Grape Varietal Specific shapes remain more or less unchanged over time, demonstrating their groundbreaking innovation.