Riedel Ouverture Red Wine Glass (Set of 2)

The Ouverture collection from Riedel is for the straightforward customer who appreciates good wines at reasonable prices. Completely lead-free, this set of two Riedel Ouverture Glasses feature a mid-size bowl designed to enhance your drinking pleasure of medium bodied red wines. Great for parties or everyday use, these glasses also make an ideal housewarming gift for anyone's mini bar collection. The generous size of the Ouverture Red Wine bowl helps to release the wine's aromas, and is appropriate for all the classic red grape varieties. On the palate, the glass is designed to emphasize fruit and balance tannins. Being lead-free, these glasses are machine blown of potash glass and dishwasher safe. 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. For a true wine tasting experience, varying bowl shapes and sizes affect the position of the head when sipping and where wine first contacts the tongue's various taste zones.