Riedel Ouverture Wine Glass Set - 12 Count, for Red, White, and Champagne Review

These are not particularly elegant glasses, but they do the job and stand up to everyday use. We drink wine almost every day and over the years many wine glasses with long, delicate stems have broken, both in the dishwasher and when washing by hand. Riedel is somewhat patronizing about his Ouverture line, calling it "entry-level," but most wine lovers will enjoy it better than its more expensive cousins. Magnums are ideal for all red wines, with a large, well-formed bowl. The relatively short…

Decent size, good clarity, fits in most cupboards and makes a good everyday wine glass. However, these glasses CANNOT be cleaned in the dishwasher. I just removed a broken glass from the top shelf of the Bosch dishwasher that broke on its own, nothing else touched the glass. This is the third of these glasses to break in the dishwasher. There are two important messages here. #1 is obvious - hand wash these glasses, dry them and put them back in your wine glass cabinet immediately after use…

The 3 types of glasses in this set (4 large red wine magnums, 4 small red or white glasses and 4 champagne glasses) are all beautiful, feel good and look high quality. $80 gets you 12 glasses, that's less than $7 a glass - you can't get any cheaper. They don't look cheap at all. On the contrary they look beautiful, the glass is thin but strong and we agree that the wine taste in these glasses is better than our other (cheaper) glasses. The price is such that you can feel comfortable wearing…