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Rating:  - Learn What You've Been Missing!
These glasses received the top rating from the Wall Street Journal's wine journalists, and as a result, I decided to buy 2 sets of 6, replacing our standard Williams Sonoma red wine glasses. After using them for about a month for various red wines, they have made me realize that I've been missing much of my wines' bouquets. They are big, so you can pour yourself a full serving, and still have plenty of room to swirl your wine without worrying whether your Cabernet will end up all over your rug. After that, bury your nose in the glass. The shape of the glass has allowed me to enjoy the wine's nose more than ever before. The bouquet simply explodes relative to my previous wine glasses. This alone seems intoxicating! The glasses are made with lead crystal, but balance the delicacy of super-thin glasses with enough substance so you aren't constantly worried about breaking one (and even if you do, they are inexpensive enough to easliy replace). A case of six glasses costs about the same as 3 $15-$20 bottles of wine, and will enhance every bottle you drink. A great product.
Rating: - My favorite glasses out of the entire Spiegelau line!
With all due respect to several reviewers below, any good wine glass is SUPPOSED to be thin, and fragile. Only the average wine drinker would be turned off by this (these same people probably also like white zinfandel and merlot). But for anyone who knows at least a little about wine, they understand that thinner is better (better clarity, better for tasting, etc). Why else would the top wine glass producers make such a thin glass, while the cheaper glasses you can buy anywhere are much thicker? There is a reason for that. Also, these glasses are more fragile, so of course you need to be careful. However, they do not break from careful rinsing/drying.As for the glass itself, it is a beautifully crafted glass. Its 25 oz. capacity is perfect for drinking any red wine, and it really enables you to appreciate both the visual and taste aspects of any given wine. I personally like a larger bowl that Spiegelau provides. You can swirl without fear of spilling, yet the glass itself isn't overwhelming. In my opinion, Spiegelau is almost identical to Riedel. With that in mind, why would you spend double the money just so you can say you have Riedel glasses? If you're new to wine, trust me, good stemware will enhance any wine. Before you go out and start spending good money on wine, buy yourself some good stemware (both red and white) first. As for my somewhat critical remarks above towards several other reviewers---I guess it just bothers me when someone gives a bad review simply because they don't have a firm understanding as to what are the characteristics of a good wine glass.
Rating:  - Breakage!!!!
I was so disapointed with these glasses that I have only used 4 of the 6. Three of them have already broken. As you wash them, you barely whipe them, and they either crack or shadder. I feel that I wasted my money. Very poor material.
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