Broken Glasses

[Glass_A_Day]

Help. Am I totally loosing it? I seem to break a glass every month or so. I have never broken any other type of dinner ware before wine... even in the big beer drinking days!! How often does everyone else say "woopsie"?

[Bucko]

Never. Check yerself into Betty Ford immediately.....

[quijote]

I hope your handle (GAD) refers to how many glasses you consume, not how many you break!

I broke my first glass--ever--just a couple of afternoons ago. I was using a small aperitif glass (2-and-1/2-inch diamater) to cut out circles for miniature curry turnovers, and I accidentally knocked the glass into the sink where it shattered. The turnovers were good, though....

I guess the turnovers would've gone well with a "shard-onnay." (Bud-um-bum-bssh!)



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[Georgie]

Very good, quijote! And GAD, you need to stop singing those high notes while drinking wine.

[Glass_A_Day]

Maybe I should clear this up a bit. I never break them when drinking. I tend to knock them over when cleaning up around the sink and the glass is there waiting to be washed. Last night it was while emptying the dishwasher and I turned around to grab some more dishes to put away and my arm hit the glass and bang... Sometimes it happens while cooking. Etcetera. I do use the Reidel Vinium Extreme Bordeaux glass. The are kind of big if you have seen them and once they get a tippin...However $22 each time it happens is not fun! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/frown.gif[/img]

[Thomas]

You are not alone. My wife and I seem only to break wine glasses whenever we choose to break something in the kitchen. I have a theory: they (wine glasses) are likely the more plentiful utensils to be washed, and so the odds are against them...

We resigned ourselves to put some money aside every six months for wine glass replenishment.

quijote, when I was a child we cut out fresh ravioli from dough with the help of jelly jars. They bounce better than break.



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[winoweenie]

After my divorce (1st wife) I couldn't figure out why I was breaking a glass-a-day, when someone told me the bloomin' crystal glasses couldn't go thru the heat and stress of the dishwasher. WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/frown.gif[/img]

[hotwine]

We use Riedel Sommelier Bords daily and haven't had a problem - yet. But I wash them by hand, blot dry with a paper towel, and put them away in the cupboard immediately after the meal. They're much easier to clean that way, and not sitting around waiting to be knocked over.

[stevebody]

Egad! Look, I'm as much a fan of personal eccentricity as the next guy (some would say I'm the NW distributor) but the very thought of cutting dough with a wine glass sends little shivers through my lumbar-sacral region. For the Love of God, man, go out to your local kitchen supply and have turn loose of the buck-59 it would cost you to get a circle cutter. I offer this from experience. I once whacked up some croissant dough with a jelly glass and a bit of the rim cracked off and wound up baked onto the rim of the roll. Luckily, I was the one who bit into it and not one of my guests. I had to throw out the whole lot of rolls because I couldn't match my fragment to all of the chipped spot.

Most restaurant kitchens don't allow the use of any glass containers, like employee drinking cups, for that very reason. All kidding aside, use a plastic or metal cutter, please. Be safe, compadre.

[Drew]

We only break Reidel Sommelier glasses and then it's by throwing them in the fireplace to celebrate some weekly event. It's good to be the king. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

DRew

[Glass_A_Day]

I wash mine by hand too. I guess I need to wash them before any other kitchen project starts... like emptying the dishwasher or cooking. It's when they are just sitting there, waiting to be washed, minding their own business that they catch an elbow...

[Thomas]

...you think they are minding their own business, but they are calculating the distance from your elbow and the speed at which your arm will move into range--and then, whack!

You think our missile defense system is high-tech? Wine glasses are uncanny at detecting arms, elbows and sundry forces of power; they have an innate desire to return to sand.



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[Glass_A_Day]

I had a feeling they had a mind of their own. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img] THe little bits that made it into the garbage disposal were sand in no time!! I think I'll go put my ear to the cupboard door and see if I can hear another conspiracy budding...

[winoweenie]

Needless to say, I wash by hand NOW also.WW

[Botafogo]

I break 5 Champagne flutes a month!

BUT, I have given up on all sorts of fancy glasses for still wines and use Duval Belgian Beer glasses instead as they are designed for soccer hooligans and bounce when your cat knocks them on the floor. There is a shape of Biere glass for almost any kind of wine (every brewery in Belgium has their own ideas about what shape makes their beer taste good) and they run about $3 apeice.

[winedope1]

I have broken my share of glasses as well. As I only keep 4 of each around, its not good! I'm a little short on storage space. Where are thes glasses available, Roberto? They sound like a great deal and much less expensive than the ones I have been using.

[girlperson1]

I use the Lenox Tuscany glasses and so far, I've not broke one, but there's always a first time.

Try keeping the glasses away from the edge of tables, kitchen sinks etc.

[girlperson1]

Another idea just dawned on me:

How about Acrylic Wine Glasses. An example can be found here:

http://www.crateandbarrel.com/Categories/Drinkware/Wine/page5.asp

[Georgie]

We don't have a forum for "Strange Wine Tales" so I guess this would fit in here. A woman friend of mine tells the story of drinking a glass of wine at her grandmother's house. It was served in antique, paper-thin crystal glassware. My friend just couldn't fight the urge to bite the glass. Broken wine glass, cut mouth, shocked and dismayed grandmother...you get the picture!

[girlperson1]

Bite the Glass?

Are you serious?