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rthpal -> All-purpose wine glass (12/12/2021 2:52:48 AM)

While my wife and I have several types of wine glasses, we use one main type, a fairly large tulip-shaped wine glass that is not very expensive. The glass seems to matter less for white wine than red, and my wife drinks mainly whites. She uses a few types of glasses (including "my" type). I drink mainly reds, largely left bank red Bordeaux, and drink whites and other reds usually out of the same type of glass. It is somewhat different from the Jancis Robinson all-purpose wine glass.

I would be interested in hearing the views of other CT members (the subject may well have been covered before).



khmark7 -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/12/2021 4:06:44 AM)

Yes, there have been a few threads on wine stems and what people prefer, but i don't know how many people use a "universal" stem, especially given our interests in vino.

For me, i have a mostly Riedel selection of Bordeaux, Burgundy, Zinfandel/Syrah, Chardonnay & Sauvignon Blanc stems. It covers the entire spectrum. I very very rarely even use the Porto & Champagne stems because i now use my white wine stems for these. The sauvignon blanc stem is a nice Porto substitute, and allows for a larger pour.



S1 -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/12/2021 4:43:05 AM)

Gabriel Glas Gold or Grassl Liberte



musedir -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/12/2021 5:00:39 AM)

I’ve moved over to Grassl from Riedel.



smahk -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/12/2021 11:26:09 AM)

I have several Riedal varietal specific glasses. I find them exhausting and cluttering up my cabinet. But I own them and seems silly to replace.

I have a second home where I needed to purchase wine glasses. I chose a universal stem - Gabriel Glas. Very easy to have 30+ stems take up less space than all my other Riedels.



Blue Shorts -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/12/2021 11:44:09 AM)

We use Schott Zwiesel Burgundy glasses for most wines, and it works very well.

We used to use variety-specific glasses, but it got very cumbersome...and quite frankly, it didn't add anything to our enjoyment of the wine.

The larger burgundy glasses allow for more enjoyment of the great aromas. We settled on the Burgundy glasses after noticing that many of the top reviewers used those glasses when judging wines.

Of course, we still have special glasses for stickies



Davidh. -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/12/2021 2:52:40 PM)

Rona Linea Umana glassware is the latest addition to my cabinet. Very impressed with their glasses and they can take a hit, which I find increasingly important with every Zalto I break.

Has anyone noticed that Spiegelau Definition is an exact copy of Zalto, but then for 1/3 the price and machine made. I wonder if Zalto simply doesn't care?



KPB -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/12/2021 5:30:43 PM)

I prefer Riedel Vinum, https://www.amazon.com/Riedel-Bordeaux-Merlot-Cabernet-Glasses/dp/B002Y098JS/ref=psdc_13218541_t2_B00IT1B9LQ, because they look nice, work well, and fit in the upper rack of the dishwasher. Strong enough so that they rarely break.



CranBurgundy -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/12/2021 6:14:16 PM)

Like Ken, my general stem is a Riedel Vinum Cabernet style. There's one next to the Riedel decanter on the kitchen shelf.

When an offline or party features one particular wine, I'll switch glasses to match. Riesling = Grassl Mineralité / Burgundy = Spiegelau Burgundy bowls / Aged Vintage Port or Italian = Gabriel Gold.



Paul852 -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/12/2021 11:12:52 PM)

For champagne and all still wines except fortifieds and dessert wines we use 68cl Storsint glasses from IKEA. For the ports and desserts some smaller "sherry" glasses that I inherited from my father (who, according to family lore, got them free from some promotion at Esso petrol (gas) stations).

As you can tell, we don't get snobby over glasses.



rthpal -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/13/2021 12:00:02 AM)

The glass predominantly used by us is very slightly larger than the Libbey Signature Kentfield Estate All-Purpose Wine Glass. As in reds I drink little but Bordeaux and Bordeaux blends, I am very happy with it. To me it seems fine for most other wines also.



Wine Grove -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/13/2021 8:40:43 AM)

Zalto Denk'art - the Bordeaux glass is pretty much ideal and works for me for all kinds of wine - except maybe bubbly which we rarely drink.

the Burgundy glass also, slightly wider/bigger, is ideal for pinot noirs and chardonnay. works fine for a bordeaux too. I would be happy with either of these as an every day glass.

the gabriel is great, but I just prefer a larger/wider bowl in general - regardless of the type of wine.




Eric -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/13/2021 9:13:20 AM)

I have ended up with a ton of Riedel Vinum, so I am probably stuck there for a long time. (I don't lose/break that many glasses.)

For me, the best all-purpose glass is a smaller stem, what they call their Riesling/Chianti/Zinfandel glass: https://www.amazon.com/Riedel-Zinfandel-Riesling-Chianti-Glasses/dp/B00099E0HQ?th=1

Although personally I prefer Chianti (and especially Brunello) out of the Riedel Bordeaux/Cabernet stem.

I actually once did a blindfolded tasting where I tasted the same wine out of 4 different Riedel stems (Cab, Pinot, Syrah, Riesling). The shape of the stem and specifically how closed the nose is definitely factors into whether the alcohol is noticeable--I was doing this with a Chateauneuf-du-Pape which is quite a ripe, alcoholic wine relatively speaking.



bretrooks -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/13/2021 12:44:04 PM)

We tend to use bowls with smaller stems as well, and we default to inexpensive ones as well, since we do experience breakage from time to time [8|]. Our go-tos are relatively small Schott Zwiesel bordeaux glasses. We do also have some inexpensive smaller Riedel 003 Champagne glasses which I really like for whites and there are some larger Bormioli Rocco glasses hanging around for when we want a bigger bowl. The Schott Zwiesels would be my choice for just one default, though.

I have a handful of Grassl stems which I really enjoy, particularly the Liberte as a universal glass. They do seem pretty delicate...we haven't broken one yet, but I also don't use them often (and my wife almost never).



ImUrHuckleberry -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/13/2021 3:36:37 PM)

We use Grassl Liberte (most whites and some reds), Minerilite (Champagne), and Cru (PN, Gamay, Syrah) when we are feeling adventurous enough to risk the breakage. We tried using them as every day glasses, but it got expensive. I guess we are not the delicate type.



rthpal -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/13/2021 10:01:40 PM)

We use flutes on the rare occasions when we drink Champagne, sparkling wine or mimosas (which we have without triple sec).



Slye -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/14/2021 9:58:20 AM)

For many wines my go to is Coterno Sensory (given to me as a gift, as they are quite pricey, but really excellent glasses). I cycle between Grassl and Riedel Somm series -- the former my preferred for whites and some reds, but the latter for big complex reds and sometimes Pinots. We have done the experiment Eric mentions above (same wine in different glasses), and it is disturbing what a difference a glass makes. I will often now pour a wine into more than one glass and taste each before settling on one that I think shows the wine the best at that moment.

I would say that a non-starter for me is having a large enough bowl to allow aeration (definitely for reds but often also for whites). We took a nice bottle of wine to a hotel restaurant the other day, and they had those standard short tulip glasses - the wine was good, but not as good as it could have been. Once you get beyond this distinction, things become a lot more complicated.



BRR -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/15/2021 9:41:01 AM)

Our everyday wine stems it the Universal from GlassVin. They're [relatively] affordable, very light and thing, but strong. We've had guests comment on multiple occasions, "I really like these wine glasses!"



penguinoid -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/16/2021 4:05:36 AM)

I use a Nachtmann ViVino Bourgogne glass for pretty much everything. They're hard to get hold of where I live (unfortunately) but are a decent compromise between quality and price. I find a burgundy style glass is good for pretty much any wine. (But is awful for Chartreuse, and presumably most other liqueurs [8|]).

I'm sometimes tempted to upgrade to a Zalto, either their Universal or Bourgogne glass. I used Zalto Universal glasses at a tasting a few years ago, and they were a lot better than the glasses I'm used to. However, whenever I have the money I prefer to spend it on good wine in preference to wine glasses. So I'm rather cheapskate about this.



DrBad -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (12/27/2021 7:48:50 AM)

We picked up some Spirale by Vicante wine glasses a few years ago. My wife had a connection to the people who invented them so we thought we'd give them a try. They have a threaded section at the bottom of the inside of the glass which is designed to capture the sediment. The glasses are pretty hefty, probably to make them solid enough to accommodate the spiral, so we don't use them for fancy tastings but more as an everyday glass.



rthpal -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (1/8/2022 3:46:40 PM)

If we break enough of our main 17-ounce wine glasses to need more, I think a close match would be the Libbey Entertaining Essentials All-Purpose Wine Glass (also 17 oz.).



Wine Grove -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (6/9/2022 10:34:45 AM)

I just ordered 2 of the Riedel Veloce pinot noir stems. they are a newer angled pinot noir glass, big but not too big, they look pretty ideal. Looking forward to trying some chards and pinots in them.



BornToRhone -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (6/10/2022 8:55:10 AM)

Weekdays, we just use the Reidel 'O' glasses as they easily fit on our dishwasher top shelf. On the weekends or if the wine truly deserves its own glass, we use Zalto Universal or Gabriel Glass. We also have a slew of Reidel variety specific stems which get occasional use. Lastly, when camping or in the pool, we use the stainless steel insulated cups from folks like Yeti.



hankj -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (6/10/2022 3:36:11 PM)

Buy some proper wine glasses Richard. Those Libbey glasses are robbing you of some part of the enjoyability of your wines.



recotte -> RE: All-purpose wine glass (6/10/2022 4:25:25 PM)

I use my Gabriel Glas Gold 95% of the time. Red, white, rosé, orange, sake. They work well for all of them. Fortunately, I don't break many stems (realize I just jinxed myself), but the Gabriel Glas Standart is a less expensive version that are almost as great for folks who are more concerned about cost and/or breakage.

I use either Riedel Sommelier Champagne flutes or Zalto Universal for sparkling wines (the former for brighter sparklers, the latter for richer, fuller bodied), and Riedel Vinum Port glasses for, well, Port. Sauternes get the Riedel Sommelier Sauterne glasses.

Once in a blue moon I'll break out the Zalto Bdx or Pinot glasses when I want a larger bowl, but really, the GGG are brilliant.



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