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Brand: Spiegelau
Category: Kitchen

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

41 reviews
Sales Rank: 30838

Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 9.5 x 8.6

Model: 3944016035
UPC: 744004271126
EAN: 0744004271126
ASIN: B00005Y1E5

Features:

•	Elegant shape reveals the profound aromatic profile of mature high-tannic wines
•	Made in Germany of non-lead crystal
•	Height and bowl size create an extreme tasting experience
•	Designed for Cabernet, Syrah, Merlot, Hermitage, Tempranillo
•	Each glass is 9.25 inches high and holds 23 ounces

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Review
Generously sized and tapered toward the rims to intensify and concentrate bouquet, the six glasses in this set are perfect for serving mature, high-tannic wines. Each glass has a capacity of 23 ounces so it can hold a full serving and still have ample evaporation surface for a wine's full aroma to rise in its tapered chimney. The glasses are machine-blown of 5 percent lead crystal, providing excellent transparency and brilliance for showcasing color and clarity. Elegant, finely balanced, lightweight yet sturdy, they have thin rims to ensure smooth sipping and are dishwasher-safe. Each glass is 9-1/4 inches high. Located in a small Bavarian town that bears the company's name, Spiegelau has been making glassware for nearly 500 years. Wine glasses from Spiegelau's Authentis collection are notable for their strength and value. --Fred Brack

Customer Reviews: Read 36 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

perfect November 26, 2007
I love these glasses. I have owned them for years and use them weekly. I wash them in the dishwasher. They are tall but the top rack of my dishwasher can be moved down for space. I own 40 of these and use them for parties as well. I have only broken 2. One fell off a deck 3 stories up and one fell on a granite counter. They look fragile but I have found suprisingly strong.

5 out of 5 stars

wonderful glasses September 19, 2007
We have been using these for over a year now. These are wonderful glasses. Beautiful, well made,and balanced. They are perfect for swirling. Much better buy than Riedel, IMO. I highly recommend them.

5 out of 5 stars

Great Glasses April 18, 2007
What's to say? Great look, great shape, very nice wine glasses. I honestly don't know if my wine tastes that much better in good glasses, but it's certainly a pleasure to drink from them. Good quality for a very reasonable price!

I will add that if Amazon did have a problem with shipping them intact, they seem to have solved it. My glasses arrived securely double-boxed, totally intact.

4 out of 5 stars

Good product at an excellent price February 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I received a set of 6 Spiegelau Authentis Bordeaux glasses as a gift this past x-mas, and I'm very happy with them.

When I was shopping for them (yeah I got them as a gift but I specifically asked for them), I was comparing them to the Riedel Vinum Bordeaux. I've used both and, while the Riedel is probably slightly better in terms of quality, I couldn't justify the price difference - particularly because I'm prone to breaking glasses. In short, the Spiegelau is probably 90% as good as (if not just as good as) the Riedel Vinum at less than 50% of the price. If you're confident that you will rarely if ever break a glass, then the Riedel might be worth the price diffence - but if you're like me and break glasses every now and again and can't stomach the thought of breaking a glass that sells for over $100 per set of six, I'd highly recommend the Spiegelau over the Riedel.

A big, high quality glass like this made of thin glass really does enhance the look and taste of wine. There is a big difference between this glass and a typical cheapo wine glass (i.e. small and made with thicker glass) you get too often in restaurants. There may be a small difference in the tasting experience between this glass and a more expensive glass such as a Riedel Vinum, but personally I can't discern any.

Any wine glass of this general type (i.e., any reasonably expensive wine glass) will break easily, so ignore the negative reviews criticizing them for being fragile - of course they're fragile, what did you expect?

In the two months since I got them, I've broken one glass while washing/drying. I now wash them in the dishwasher which technically isn't the best way to wash them, but I'm such a clutz I'm liable to break more if I hand wash them.

I highly recommend them and would buy them again (and probably will at some point due to breakage).

5 out of 5 stars

No Question: Great Wine Glasses February 23, 2007
They arrived on time and unbroken - expertly shipped. All of the elegance, functionality and quality of Riedel and almost 1/2 the price. You can't beat that. If you already enjoy drinking wine from your wedding gift set, you may find drinking from these even more enjoyable as they do enhance the bouquet and the taste of the wine (I've used them for Bordeaux, Rioja, Chateauneuf du Pape, etc. as well as Tempranillo, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.) All of our more expensive, more fragile Riedels are long gone to the great broken glass box in the sky. Enough of that - buy these glasses and use the money left over for that bottle of wine you thought was out of reach...and you'll have the glass to enjoy it.

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