In a unique and fascinating wine tasting, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits sommelier Shelley Sale will demonstrate the relationship between the shape of Riedel’s Veloce wine glasses and your perception and enjoyment of the wines within.

The Veloce glass collection looks and feels handmade, but is, in fact, produced by machine, using state-of-the-art technologies and is a true precision tool. Only advanced machine production can guarantee such precise glass design language, in harmony with the respective profile of the grape variety.

Riedel Veloce glasses are taller than the Riedel Extreme collection and has thinner stems and finer bowls. A specially developed machine at Riedel’s Weiden factory enables Riedel to draw stems that are the equal of those made by hand by a master glassmaker.

The base, with a diameter of 100 mm, is a new standard for large glass shapes and is the maximum that can be produced by machine.

The weight of Riedel Veloce is remarkable and has been reduced considerably from that of the Extreme collection, providing the perfect balance and feel which suggests a handmade glass.

Maximilian Riedel selected the Italian name “Veloce,” meaning “fast,” in reference to the modern machine technology that makes it possible to bring a glass that is handmade in so many aspects onto the machine, and produce it quickly and in large quantities.

Riedel Veloce is the perfect glass for wine connoisseurs.