Event ID # 55803
Date:
Thursday, October 23, 2008
 Time:
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Event:

Riedel Tasting Class
Host:

Palate Partners/Dreadnought Wine
Location:

(Strip District)   Google Map
Palate Partners
2013 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Contact:
Palate Partners		 Phone:
412-391-8502
Email:
info@palatepartners.com
Website:
http://www.palatepartners.com
Price:
$110
Full details:
Riedel Tasting
Thursday, October 23 –6:30 - 8:00 PM
Claus Riedel was the first person in the long history of the glass to design its shape according to the character of the wine. He is thus the inventor of the functional wine glass.

Forty years ago he began his pioneering work to create stemware that would match and complement different wines and spirits. In the late 1950s, Riedel started to produce glasses, which at that time were a design revolution. Thin-blown, unadorned, reducing the design to its essence: Bowl, stem, base.

Working with experienced tasters, Riedel discovered that wine enjoyed from his glasses showed more depth and better balance than when served in other glasses. Claus J. Riedel laid the groundwork for stemware which was functional as well as beautiful, and made according to the Bauhaus design principle: form follows function.

Students will experience 4 glasses - Vinum series Bordeaux/Cabernet, Burgundy/Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay - to learn how the shape of the glass is important to the taste of the wine, and will get to take the glasses home (a suggested retail value of $111.25).

$110.00 per person
Pre-paid reservations required.
(412) 391-8502