Maximilian Riedel, the CEO of wine glass company Riedel, hosted a comparative wine tasting at the Marriott Uptown on Friday, Feb. 18.
Riedel (prounounced ree-dl) was quite humorous during his 1 hour talk. He mentioned that the perfect pour is two fingers … as in two fingers horizontal, not vertical. During the tasting Riedel explained how the shape of glassware affects the aroma and taste of wine, passed along a few wine tricks and tips, and demonstrated how to use his newest “Eve” decanter (which looks like a coiled snake).
This article appears in Feb 15-21, 2011.
The tasting was a lot of fun and very informative. Maximilian certainly knows his stuff, and I was happy to have attended.
If you are going to have a set of glasses for best, they may as well help you to get full value out of the for-best wines they’ll mostly contain.