« What is the lifespan of a microwave oven? | Home | BehindTheMedspeak: 'People who want to end it all have lost the necessary illusions that make life bearable' — Daphne Merkin »
September 20, 2007
Riedel Stealth Wineglass
Black is ideal for blind tasting — not only will you not know what the wine is, but you won't get clues from color, clarity, brilliance or effervescence.
Hand-blown of 24% lead crystal in a number of shapes to bring out the best in different wine varieties.
$14.79-$31.20 at Amazon.
September 20, 2007 at 01:01 PM | Permalink
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341c5dea53ef00e54ef67d9b8834
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Riedel Stealth Wineglass:
Comments
You mean the meaningless things that have nothing to do with how it tastes?
On the contrary, appearance can have everything to do with the taste of wine. In more than one blinded test, a hilariously large percentage of wine "experts" have mistaken white wine for red (because a flavourless red colour had been added), or simply been unable to tell red and white wine apart.
(This makes it less surprising that devices like this can attract many glowing testimonials.)
Posted by: Daniel Rutter | Sep 22, 2007 9:23:38 AM
Be very careful. I had (read "had") a set of four of the Riedel burgundy tumblers (clear crystal). Down to three after a year, which isn't bad. However, these break into the most horrible shards. I also have some knock-offs purchased at Target. A little sturdier and look just as good. Riedel is an excellent example of supply side marketing. A burgundy in the Riedel tastes about the same as the Target glass, sans the mystique.
Posted by: NotCreativeEnough | Sep 20, 2007 7:53:10 PM
How does one make eye contact with the wine? Part of the mystique is just the right spin before one wafts...full sensory experience is what we are after.
Posted by: ScienceChic | Sep 20, 2007 5:55:14 PM
Seems to me like the beauty part is that nobody can tell how much you're drinkin'.
You can sniff it and slop it around the glass and tell everybody you're "approaching the wine slowly, with respect and discretion" and all that sommelier argot, while you're pounding it down surreptitious sip after surreptitious sip till you pee onto the host's beautifully manicured lawn and squeeze his beautifully manicured wife's ass and puke onto your beautifully polished Ballys.
Nope, never saw anything like that happen in my life. No, not me. I sure wasn't there. Nuh-uh.
Posted by: Flautist | Sep 20, 2007 3:32:21 PM
"but you won't get clues from color, clarity, brilliance or effervescence."
You mean the meaningless things that have nothing to do with how it tastes? Ok -- sign me up!
Its like in music -- I ended up buying an old organ from a renown player that was in TERRIBLE shape. Carted that sucker around everywhere for a couple of years. Cig burns, carvings in the wood, one note that ALWAYS hit a little detuned. But other than the one note, that sucker could play itself. People saw it and gave me grief though. It ain't about how it looks, it is how it sounds.
Or in this case, how does the eff'n wine taste. That should be the ONLY metric.
Posted by: clifyt | Sep 20, 2007 1:57:58 PM
