Wine Glasses, Decanters etc

[carwashhair]

Not sure when they went on sale (or which stores still have stock - got mine from Macquarie Fields NSW), but I just picked up a 4pk of Spiegelau 580ml Red wine glasses for $15 last night from Aldi. German made (something in me says Riedel own/make Spiegelau?), and a good shape and size especially for the bigger Aussie reds - reckon I can afford to break them at that price!

 

[CLT Aussie]

Not sure when they went on sale (or which stores still have stock - got mine from Macquarie Fields NSW), but I just picked up a 4pk of Spiegelau 580ml Red wine glasses for $15 last night from Aldi. German made (something in me says Riedel own/make Spiegelau?), and a good shape and size especially for the bigger Aussie reds - reckon I can afford to break them at that price!

Thanks carwashhair - I was just looking at getting some new 'party' glasses this morning and this was very timely!

 

[unfunkable]

Got the glasses from myer yesterday and used them. I am sure it's all in my head, but the wine seemed to taste better. Visually it looked nicer as well, as the wine seem to float in the air (I was using stemless prior to this).

 

[Viridianne]

Wine tasting events have been giving away free Plumm glasses. I don't know how they fare, I haven't tried them at home yet.

I recently realised I've been drinking water off a stemless Riedel glass at work. I like the stemless ones as I'm a klutz.

 

[AnonymousCoward]

I recently realised I've been drinking water off a stemless Riedel glass at work. I like the stemless ones as I'm a klutz.

Are you now, amazingly, able to detect subtle aromas and tastes of the water, now that you're drinking it out of a Riedel glass?!?

 

[lostincanberra]

We do a lot more drinking than flying, so here goes (1st post!).

We use both stemless and stemmed glassware. Our preferred make is Riedel.

We DO NOT take as gospel the Riedel penchant for different glasses for each wine type. Semi bunkum for people with stupid amounts of cupboard space (and clearly with money that could have been better spent on good wine).

Our tools (accident of purchase/price considerations plus free stuff):

* Riedel 'O' Series Viognier-Chardonnay (stemless). Often available as a 'buy 6, get 8' packs. Also stylish as water glasses, or for G&T. Don't knock over easily. Not TOO delicate - but still with a finer rim (important to us wine wankers)

* Riedel Riesling glasses (stemmed). Not sure which model - but certainly not high end. Again, a fine enough rim - but won't break if you look at them the wrong way. Anything that looks like a large international standard tasting glass works well - just make sure that it has a reasonably fine rim and is well balanced in the hand (preferably tested with some liquid content!).

 

[lostincanberra]

Erlenmayer?

 

[sagittariusdrake]

Erlenmayer?

I stopped drinking out of laboratory beakers years ago.

 

[mini2]

Stumbled across the Riedel outlet on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/crystal...7jQAAOSwONBZCp2k&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

Yes it's still expensive but at least a little more palatable than normal retail outlets. PayPal payment was sent to a domain name linked to Riedel Aust so it should be the real deal. $40 for 6 Vinum Riesling....can't resist.

 

[Viridianne]

Has anyone tried the Wine Squirrel Wine Preserving Decanter? It was recently featured on the Good Design Awards.

Wine Squirrel is a lead-free crystal decanter with a sealing mechanism that keeps unfinished wine tasting great for weeks after the bottle has been opened. It is easy to use, works with cork or screw cap bottles, requires no consumables and looks beautiful at the dinner table.

 

[Delectable Blue]

Has anyone tried the Wine Squirrel Wine Preserving Decanter? It was recently featured on the Good Design Awards.

It looks like a very clever design. Is the product actually shipping yet? All I can find are references to its kickstarter and indigogo pages. My only issue is that wine rarely lasts long enough at my place to warrant such a gadget.

 

[Viridianne]

It looks like a very clever design. Is the product actually shipping yet? All I can find are references to its kickstarter and indigogo pages. My only issue is that wine rarely lasts long enough at my place to warrant such a gadget.

It looks like they've started shipping early in June. At the last tasting event a couple of us were talking about pouring down bottles down the sink simply because we couldn't finish wine fast enough! The solution was to buy less quaffers (quality over quantity!

 

[AnonymousCoward]

It looks like they've started shipping early in June. At the last tasting event a couple of us were talking about pouring down bottles down the sink simply because we couldn't finish wine fast enough! The solution was to buy less quaffers (quality over quantity!

If you can't finish a bottle fast enough, it's not going to matter whether it cost you $10 or $100, except you're now going to be tipping $100 bottles of wine down the sink. I'd stick to quaffers

 

[Daver6]

Has anyone tried the Wine Squirrel Wine Preserving Decanter? It was recently featured on the Good Design Awards.

In the video, one of the criticisms he makes of in bottle solutions is that their is air in the bottle. Using a solution the forces one out by inserting argon means no new air. Obviously a consumable.

This solution has much more initial exposure to air in the whole decanting process. Then, each time you want to pour some wine, there is huge air exposure. So the arguments don't seem scientificly sound to me.

 

[TomVexille]

If you can't finish a bottle fast enough, it's not going to matter whether it cost you $10 or $100, except you're now going to be tipping $100 bottles of wine down the sink. I'd stick to quaffers

I would have thought she's suggesting finishing a couple quality bottles instead tipping out bits of a dozen quaffers.

 

[Limewood]

We normally drink one bottle is one glass and recon Dan's should make us life members

 

[AisleSeat]

We normally drink one bottle is one glass and recon Dan's should make us life members

Is that a real airline drinks cart?

 

[donovan301]

Is that a real airline drinks cart?

Funny I was just showing that to my Partner.
Right up here alley.

Looks like a Galley car, defo a legit QF.

Prolly from an auction or sale....maybe avail due to internal configuration change or craft type change

 

[Limewood]

Is that a real airline drinks cart?

Yep a real vintage QF Boeing one think 727, still has the factory plates on it, its 20 years old, was on its way to the tip years ago, mate gave it to me, we had to do a lot of panel beating and fixing the trolley wheels, could not get the coating off as it as so worn, even pro sand blasters wouldn't touch it, so sanded it as best we could and used a special vinyl over it, looks like grey steel, got the QF stickers in the USA and the draws from Germany eBay (various airlines), its sure unique and people ask about it all the time or want to buy it.

 

[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.

Ok so I just had a gin in one of those glasses and as soon as I get home I'm going to buy some