Question- What is a good QPR in wine glasses?

Thanks Bob,

What glasses do you reccomend from this list? Do you have any experience with any of them?

Tom,
I am rather partial to the standard 8oz INAO glass for my everyday at home wine glass. I do usually go with larger glasses for special dinner or when we have someone over. IIRC it was the Wine Advocate number 62where Parker touted the stems produced by a place called St. George Crystal in Jeannette Pa. I still have between 2-3 dozen of the INAO and 1-2 dozen of the larger 16oz Bdx style glasses. Also I have about a dozen each of the white and the burgundy glasses. I think I might have spent $50 over the years on stems. The problem is though that the St. George company stopped producing wine stems some years ago.

To answer your question as to which I would recommend, I would first go for the Durand INAO glasses and go ahead and get 3 dozen of them which would cost you $81 plus shipping. (unless the shipping is exorbitant ) In looking at other prices on the Lumm web page I would pass on them all. I suppose I would search the internet and see what price I could find on the Spieglau stems

I vote for the Schott Zweisel glasses.

We hardly used our Riedels and Spiegelaus since we've purchased a bunch of Schott Zweisel glasses. The Zweisel are sturdier, can withstand a lot more knocking about, are nice looking and cheaper than the lowest Speigelau prices that I got through those Amazon 1-day sale deals.

Ramon

I vote for the Schott Zweisel glasses.

We hardly used our Riedels and Spiegelaus since we've purchased a bunch of Schott Zweisel glasses. The Zweisel are sturdier, can withstand a lot more knocking about, are nice looking and cheaper than the lowest Speigelau prices that I got through those Amazon 1-day sale deals.

I consider Ramon the voice of reason here (since he agrees with me).
I have various Riedels and Spiegelau, as well as a few of the gorgeous (but very expensive) Zalto Denk'Art glasses. But the SZ are the ones I use the most (and they are great for taking to offlines!).
I edited my earlier post, it's Crate and Barrel that carries the SZ titantium glasses sub rosa.

I prefer the Riedel stemless glasses. I break the stem version too often. Cannot remember the price of the stemless ones. The stemmed equivalent are $20 to $25 per glass.

nathan - for about a dollar at lots of places you can buy a wand with foam fingers on the end that fits nicely into glassware and cleans very well indeed. been using them for 30 years and buy extra so i'll never run out. while i don't consider riedel overture paper thin, i would say that there is no reason to pick your glassware on the basis of possible amputation.

David,

Could you possibly post a photo of this foam device? Failing that is it possible to have a name?

In the last few years, I've noticed that it's becoming increasingly difficult to find hand-washing implements [anywhere, at any store], and, just the other day, the reason for this popped into my head: No one washes by hand anymore.

Everyone [who's anyone] uses the dishwasher nowadays.

you're proabably on to something there. i used to buy that implement at kmart but they don't carry them anymore. i believe i got the current ones at dollar general or some such place. however i don't really think that anyone washes good stemward in a dishwasher.

I really like the Luminarc Connoisseur White... usually you can find them in places like Bed Bath & Beyond or Linens-N-Things

Just noticed this in the news:

Linens 'n Things files for bankruptcy
Fri May 2, 11:55 AM ET
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