Years ago I took a glass tasting course from Riedel–which I’m sure you understand means I sampled wine from Riedel stemware. It’s an extraordinary thing: wine poured into a normal red or white wine ...

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 ...

Like many wine drinkers, we don’t give a lot of thought to what glass we pour our wine into as long as we never see the bottom. That;s wrong, says Maximilian Riedel, 11th-generation glassmaker and CEO ...

I like to think of glassware as the translator between myself and a spirit. The glass isn’t just a necessary vessel; it’s an active player in conveying a liquor’s character. Differently shaped glasses ...