Glassware

[ChefMax]

Does anyone know a reasonable place to find quality glassware? I've been paying out the nose...

[mrdutton]

Wine Enthusiast puts out their own line of glassware. I think the price is fair for the product received. They are not "fine crystal", but they are crystal of some sort.

At least I think so as they pass the dampened finger on the rim sound/vibration test to which ordinary glass does not respond.

I check their web site for sales and buy then.

The glassware is most assuredly less expensive than Riedel, but is still nice. And belive me, the Wine Enthusiast line does not leak (like some of the cheap plastic stuff does) when you pour in the wine nor does it fall apart in the dishwasher.

[Drew]

Mikasa also offers very fine daily use glassware for little $. www.mikasa.com

Drew

[Bucko]

Wine Club sells the real stuff, Riedel Vinum Gourmet, at only $5 a stem. I got 120 of them and have been very pleased at tastings that I occasionally host.

Bucko

[Innkeeper]

There is an excellent Mikasa outlet (true outlet downstairs) just up the road from you in Freeport, ME.

[Kcwhippet]

Don't know exactly where you are in the Boston area, so in case your west there's another Mikasa outlet in the Worcester Common Outlets.

[Drew]

Bucko, could you supply the number or web site address for Wine Club?

Drew

[Bucko]

http://www.thewineclub.com/
2110 E. McFadden Avenue, Suite E
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714-835-6485 800-966-5432

Bucko

[ChefMax]

Tremendous help! I'll pass on any good deals I find!

[hotwine]

We also like the Vinum series, and they've held up well (although we wash them by hand, rather than putting them in the dishwasher).

[winoweenie]

Hotwine , I second the Vinium. For 13 bucks a stem they`re the same bowl as the 85 buck sommellier series with machine made stems and they are much sturdier. Great mouth-feel. winoweenie

[mrdutton]

I was also going to tout the Mikassa stem ware. We've had it on hand here for a number of years and really like it.

Bucko - when is your next wine tasting? If you spend $600.00 on stems, then you must really offer some very fine stuff from under them corks............. Do you hand out souvenier stems?? GRIN [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img] Are they etched with your monogram?

[This message has been edited by mrdutton (edited 10-13-2000).]

[Bucko]

No handouts for you! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img] That is not really all that much. We usually host a tasting for 12 people and do flights of eight wines. That is 96 glasses. Allowing everyone a glass before the tasting for warm-up wines, we are up to 108. Allowing for breakage (especially if WW is around }:> ), you can see that 120 is not that many glasses.

BTW, we have an open door policy at Bucko's B&B. Anyone in the Seattle/Tacoma area always has an open invite for food, wine and clean sheets.

Bucko

[winoweenie]

Do you have extra slickers? And FYI, I `haint broked one stem since Thursday, so THERE! winoweenie

[ChefMax]

Gentlemen, I have purchased some stemware that'll do jus' fine! Thanks to the Mikasa suggestions! Nice selection of pinot-types and desert wine glasses, not that you'd want any of those...

[Innkeeper]

Who said anything bad about pinot or dessert wine?

[winoweenie]

It Sointently wasn`t me Ollie. winoweenie

[Bucko]

Well WW, here's another fine mess you've gotten me into.......

BuckOllie

[ChefMax]

I was being facetious, guys! And all this time I thought you were the jocular types...
*WINK WINK*