Wine Glasses, Decanters etc

[Cruiser Elite]

The experience of enjoying a G & T out of one of these glasses is just indescribable - until you actually do it you would be no doubt just scratching your head and asking what is this clown on about! It just a changes a G & T from an enjoyable drink to an ultra enjoyable drink. Vedder you are just around the corner - I am in Parkdale - when I get the glasses I will pm you and you can drop over and try one mate.

 

[VPS]

The experience of enjoying a G & T out of one of these glasses is just indescribable - until you actually do it you would be no doubt just scratching your head and asking what is this clown on about! It just a changes a G & T from an enjoyable drink to an ultra enjoyable drink. Vedder you are just around the corner - I am in Parkdale - when I get the glasses I will pm you and you can drop over and try one mate.

Dang you - I just bought a bottle of Botanist gin and now I want to try it in these glasses - trying to justify it (probably won't take that long)

 

[pagingjoan]

Obviously, your G&T in these glasses will feature juniper berries, pink peppercorns and shaved cucumber, and the gin will be poured over the back of a long handled silver spoon.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Absolutely will have the Juniper Berries and Pink Peppercorns - that part so easy - no cucumber though as a slice of lime with the Bombay Sapphire as staple gin - I do have Hensrick's but Bombay is the go to potion - pouring over a spoon? Unlikely.

Edit: Progress has been made - Tks to link provided by TMA I have ordered 6 glasses online - and I ventured up to DJs to secure a couple if the ice ball ice trays:

 

[vedder50]

Absolutely will have the Juniper Berries and Pink Peppercorns - that part so easy - no cucumber though as a slice of lime with the Bombay Sapphire as staple gin - I do have Hensrick's but Bombay is the go to potion - pouring over a spoon? Unlikely.

Looks like they could easily double for sangria or margarita purposes. What's your preferred GnT recipe?

 

[AnonymousCoward]

Absolutely will have the Juniper Berries and Pink Peppercorns - that part so easy - no cucumber though as a slice of lime with the Bombay Sapphire as staple gin - I do have Hensrick's but Bombay is the go to potion - pouring over a spoon? Unlikely.

Other than citrus and cucumber, I've found a sprig of rosemary can also be quite nice in some of the more savoury spice type gins.

 

[pagingjoan]

Absolutely will have the Juniper Berries and Pink Peppercorns - that part so easy - no cucumber though as a slice of lime with the Bombay Sapphire as staple gin - I do have Hensrick's but Bombay is the go to potion - pouring over a spoon? Unlikely.

Edit: Progress has been made - Tks to link provided by TMA I have ordered 6 glasses online - and I ventured up to DJs to secure a couple if the ice ball ice trays:

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Tut! Tut!
Not just "pouring over a spoon".
The gin must be "poured over the back of a silver spoon".
Standards, I say. Standards!

 

[JessicaTam]

The experience of enjoying a G & T out of one of these glasses is just indescribable - until you actually do it you would be no doubt just scratching your head and asking what is this clown on about! It just a changes a G & T from an enjoyable drink to an ultra enjoyable drink. Vedder you are just around the corner - I am in Parkdale - when I get the glasses I will pm you and you can drop over and try one mate.

What is this clown on about?*

*Someone had to say it - it might as well be me.

 

[TheRealTMA]

What is this clown on about?*

*Someone had to say it - it might as well be me.

I think you are referring to the state of being generated by the drinking of Gin. No I don't understand either! Now if it had white port and tonic....

"Gin, cursed Fiend, with Fury fraught, Makes human Race a Prey. It enters by a deadly Draught And steals our Life away.


Rev James Townley, 1751

 

[tgh]

Peters of K has Riedel glasses on special today

 

[Deleted member]

Tut! Tut!
Not just "pouring over a spoon".
The gin must be "poured over the back of a silver spoon".
Standards, I say. Standards!

One doesn't want to bruise the gin !

 

[tehuringa]

I've got a few decanters... one flash engraved Waterford Marquis Vintage that I won at a wine options competition for the judges at the Royal Sydney Wine Show but hardly sees any use. I tend to use lab flasks and a crazy looking glass tea-pot called an 'Ovarius' which I love. It is great for Champagne & whites too... the marketing blurb is pretty hilarious though.

The Ovarius is good for aged reds too but I still prefer what is known on the wine geek forums as the 'Adouze' method for older, more delicate wines.

 

[pagingjoan]

I've got a few decanters... one flash engraved Waterford Marquis Vintage that I won at a wine options competition for the judges at the Royal Sydney Wine Show but hardly sees any use. I tend to use lab flasks and a crazy looking glass tea-pot called an 'Ovarius' which I love. It is great for Champagne & whites too... the marketing blurb is pretty hilarious though.

The Ovarius is good for aged reds too but I still prefer what is known on the wine geek forums as the 'Adouze' method for older, more delicate wines.

You decant your Champagne?

 

[tehuringa]

You decant your Champagne?

Quite often depending on the style... it is a common place practice in Champagne... especially for cuvees with extended time on lees. If I don't decant it I'll ditch champagne flutes and serve it in a bigger glass.

 

[blackcat20]

Quite often depending on the style... it is a common place practice in Champagne... especially for cuvees with extended time on lees. If I don't decant it I'll ditch champagne flutes and serve it in a bigger glass.

Doesnt that make it go flat faster?

 

[tehuringa]

Doesnt that make it go flat faster?

In some cases yes, depends on your stemware and decanter, I like the Ovarius for decanting Champagnes as it aerates the wine but not too much... if you want to geek out completely there is a book on the science of Champagne bubbles and the nucleation points/process in glassware that is pretty interesting. It's worth experimenting and decanting half a bottle of Champagne and comparing... the results are marked. Charles Heidsieck released their 1995 Blancs des Millénaires with a Riedel decanter

 

[pagingjoan]

Quite often depending on the style... it is a common place practice in Champagne... especially for cuvees with extended time on lees. If I don't decant it I'll ditch champagne flutes and serve it in a bigger glass.

Not sure about "common practice" but I agree it is done in particular circumstances.
Certainly endorse the use of larger glasses. In fact, we rarely use standard flutes these days.
And, of course, a lot depends on how long you will take to "empty" the bottle.

 

[tehuringa]

Not sure about "common practice" but I agree it is done in particular circumstances.
Certainly endorse the use of larger glasses. In fact, we rarely use standard flutes these days.
And, of course, a lot depends on how long you will take to "empty" the bottle.

Well... it is common place at the houses I visit at least

 

[pagingjoan]

Well... it is common place at the houses I visit at least

There you go! Can't argue with that.
Where do you visit, other than CH.

 

[tehuringa]

There you go! Can't argue with that.
Where do you visit, other than CH.

Selosse, Pierre Péters, Agrapart, Tarlant, David Léclapart, Larmandier-Bernier, Egly-Ouriet, Pierre Gimmonet, Gaston Chiquet, Vilmart.... I've done all the bigger houses before and now tend to gravitate towards grower Champagnes though Taittinger Comtes de Champagne is probably my favorite from the bigger guys.