The best machine-made wine glass in the world?
There's stiff competition...
Zalto, Riedel, and, now, Jancis Robinson: names synonymous with great glassware that enhance our enjoyment of wine. Jancis, however, is a bit different.
She has eschewed the infinitude of possible bespoke glass shapes and sizes to match a similarly infinitesimal labyrinth of particular wine styles.
Instead, she has just one.
One glass to bind them all.
In working with celebrated designer Richard Brendon, who has a stellar reputation for craftsmanship, Jancis was unwaveringly exacting on what she wanted.
But, there was such demand that couldn't keep up.
That's when they decided to look into using the best glass-making machine in the world. Not Riedel's, but actually in Slovakia. And they have produced this stunning glass, almost indistinguishable from the Original, that they call the Precision.
As she says herself on her website:
“We have listened to what people want. That is, all the precise wine expression offered by our beautiful, mouth-blown Original wine glass plus a bit more durability and the value possible with a machine-made version. Et voilà: the Precision Glass.”
The Precision universal Glass is beautifully proportioned and has all of the essential features of the Original:
- A fine rim and a perfectly formed, generous, tulip-shaped bowl
- Offering a fantastic expression for all types of wine, from sparkling wines, still wines, to fortified, sweet and beyond.
- The perfect solution for gifting, dinner parties or simple every day moments.
- A stem that is tall enough to allow even the big-handed to swirl comfortably without affecting the temperature of the wine, but thick enough to preclude easy breakage, and short enough to fit easily into a dishwasher and on a shelf in a normal domestic cupboard
- Dishwasher-friendly
- A generous bowl going in towards the rim that captures the all-important aroma and allows energetic swirling to encourage it with no danger of losing any wine over the rim, but is not so wide as to make storage difficult, or measures of wine appear mean or stingy
- An opening at the top that is big enough for the big-nosed but not so big that spillage would be a problem
- A capacity that yields maximum surface area with an average pour of about 125 ml
In this gift set of two, you can share your favourite bottle of absolutely anything: Champagne, Port, Chablis or Pauillac.
One of the points that really strike a chord with us, here in The Allotment, is that because you have just one glass for all wines, you can compare and contrast each style, winemaking technique, soil-type, or other facet of myriad wines, with alarming clarity. It means that this glass will become an indispensable tool to assist and enhance your learning as well as your enjoyment.
We really hope you love them as much as we do!
