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Please can everyone contribute to this topic. Riedel are fab but soooo expensive, whats similar but more reasonably priced. Anywhere in Australia and who are the agents? I would truly appreciate help with this one. Ive sorted out storage, but glasses???

Cloudy wrote:Please can everyone contribute to this topic. Riedel are fab but soooo expensive, whats similar but more reasonably priced. Anywhere in Australia and who are the agents? I would truly appreciate help with this one. Ive sorted out storage, but glasses???

If you check into his profile on date and time of his 3 posts, you will find that this is just a cover up for one of his scam.

Riedel make an Overture range which is very reasonable.
Machine made not hand blown etc.
Still crystal,
The Magnum glass is what we use in cellardoor (and I use for blending/wine work)
Its also the glass used in Rutherglen Wine Show and I think Melbourne.
It does show hard green charachters very badly (I mean they really show up!!!!!!.).so I think it has altered what I eventually release as my best gear.
Around $15.
Cheers
Smithy

the schott range are quite nice (yes i could see the original poster had an ulterior motive, but it was a reasonable question for everyone else )

Cloudy wrote:Please can everyone contribute to this topic. Riedel are fab but soooo expensive, whats similar but more reasonably priced. Anywhere in Australia and who are the agents? I would truly appreciate help with this one. Ive sorted out storage, but glasses???

I agree this is a bit suss.

For personal use, just walk into Myer during their sales, in the past there have been heaps of Riedel copies for $5/stem or so.

Over here in the USA there are the Riedel Vivant series that are available from Target (LINK). As long as I keep them away from my mother-in-law they seem to be pretty hardy, and sometimes work better than an ISO (which is what I have used for years).

Mike

I got a few of the Black INAO glasses recently from here:-

http://www.FrenchByDesign.com.au

At around $20 bucks they are better than the Riedel at $80 bucks, still in the XL5 shape though which I hate for drinking but ok for tasting.

Glen wrote:I got a few of the Black INAO glasses recently from here:-

http://www.FrenchByDesign.com.au

At around $20 bucks they are better than the Riedel at $80 bucks, still in the XL5 shape though which I hate for drinking but ok for tasting.

** Which Riedels cost $80? Last I looked, the Vinum range were available for ~$35.

Stuart

beef wrote:** Which Riedels cost $80? Last I looked, the Vinum range were available for ~$35.

Stuart

I presume the Sommelier range.

Peter's of Kensington is a good place to shop for cheaper branded glassware.

What about Speigelau's? I use them I think.

I quite like the riedel O-series shiraz glasses. I bought mine for $18 each, which at the time I thought to be pretty good value. They've since proved even better value than I first thought compared to my old Vinums, considering that they are much more difficult to break, due to the lack of stem.

btw, i've been to a few bars/restaurants that seem to have exact riedel copies. One venue said that they were made by riedel's 'sister company'. Anyone know anything about these?

aj_syrah wrote:btw, i've been to a few bars/restaurants that seem to have exact riedel copies. One venue said that they were made by riedel's 'sister company'. Anyone know anything about these?

These are the Riedel Restaurant range.

In theory they are only available to restaurants and the "trade". The folk on the UK Wine Pages tried to form a consortium to buy a substantial amount, but Riedel put a kaibosh on this.

Might be worth asking their agent in Oz though; generally found Australians to be a lot less anal than the English [/url]

Should have said; they are a LOT cheaper than the normal Riedel glasses

I bought a couple of sets of very nice, large, Villeroy & Boch Burgundy and Bordeaux glasses. They were only $15 each and are not their standard offering (but have Villeroy & Boch etched on the base). Not the sort of elevated quality of Riedel, but a very decent alternative at a fraction of the price for those who have a budget to think about. They are very elegant in design and are fine crystal.

I found them at David Jones in Adelaide when they were on sale.

Tristram

I'm sick of Riedel. They are not the only glass manufacturers but kudos to them for the being the best glass marketers.

I like the Zerrutti Ultimo Taster - marketed in NZ by Negociants and in Aus by Yalumba. The blurb says .....
"The newly designed Zerrutti Ultimo glass has been developed to enhance the special qualities of Shiraz .... Although originally designed for Shiraz, once the glass was tested, the design qualities of this glass proved it to be ideal for tasting a wide range of wines."
I like them for just about everything.
http://www.yalumba.com/content.asp?p=201

Schott Zwiesel do a fairly decent range - I like their Bordeaux style glasses. Use these at dinner parties.
http://www.schott-zwiesel.com/produkte/ ... drey_e.htm

I've got a couple of nice Spiegelau's - I think they are the Festival Bordeaux. Well priced. The cheapest I have found that deliver.

Latest acquisitions are the Mikasa Oenology in the Open Up range - designed for wines 1-3 years old. The 'Universal Tasting glass' is my new favourite and I just bought four of the 'Soft Red' - very nice for Pinot Noir.
http://www.mikasa-uk.com/collections/op ... ology.html

I do use my big Riedel 'Vinum' bowls for aged Pinot Noir, though.

Cheers,
Sue

SueNZ wrote:I'm sick of Riedel. They are not the only glass manufacturers but kudos to them for the being the best glass marketers.

Agreed

Schott Zwiesel do a fairly decent range - I like their Bordeaux style glasses. Use these at dinner parties.
http://www.schott-zwiesel.com/produkte/ ... drey_e.htm

The Top Ten Sparkling Glasses are my favourite for Champagne. In fact I prefer all of this range to anything offered by Riedel.

Thank you to all of you for so many choices and comments I appreciate it and it has helped me greatly. Special thanks to SueNZ for reliable and excellent website links.

Cheers

Cloudy

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I chose Rona who have good ranges at very reasonable prices for every day drinking and Reidel Vinum series for the good stuff, both at (Peters of Kensington) and the latter also a decent price. Reidel are great but the stems are mega fine and fragile, so best to buy a few every day type glasses as well.

Again, thanks to all for the help in making a choice. Salute Cloudy