One of the very first articles I wrote for this column was about a Riedel glass, one that they made in partnership with Coca-Cola. "Wine friends," I wrote, "stop sneering." I defended Riedel's ...

If you are going to do one thing to up your entertaining game this year, consider investing in a good set of wine glasses. “Glasses are instruments, a conveyor belt of sorts,” Maximillian Riedel said.

SAN FRANCISCO — Maximilian Riedel cuts a figure as trim as the elegant stemmed glasses that have made his family famous among wine lovers. “People always ask me why I look like this … why I don’t have ...