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This is a great way to cool down your champagne. I bought one for my personal use, and one for a gift. I would highly recommend this champange chiller. It works great.
January 26, 2007
Nice glass - great shape for a wonderful wine tasting experience BUT this glass is extremely fragile and should be considered a bit dangerous. We bought 4 and I took them out of the box to begin using them. I now have 11 stitches in my hand from washing the first glass when the stem broke with very little pressure. I've washed wine glasses for years and never this result. While I was at the ER my wife went to wash the rest of ours. She knew they were fragile since I just broke one and while gingerly washing the very next one, the globe collapsed in her hand cutting her in 3 places (no stitches). We're not tough people! What if it broke while a guest was drinking? I just think this product is too fragile to be practical.
From a design standpoint, this is a very good product. But the documentation is pathetic, and was clearly never tested with new / real users. There is no explanation of how it's supposed to work. That understanding is very helpful: with it, you'll never have trouble, and will marvel at the clever design. Let's get started.
Have a bottle of wine handy on which you've already used the supplied (and very good) little foil cutter to remove the foil over the cork.
Take the unit in your hand and look at the movable parts. The overhead lever that swings outward / downward and then is reversed / brought back over the top - moves the spiral corkscrew up and down. To see this, operate the overhead lever with one hand while ... Read More:
This is my second purchase of these glasses. I broke 2 of the first 4 while handwashing. Now I have 6. I still like them though. They are a nice size, good value and perfect for Pinot Noir. My advice would be to hand wash gently.
These are fine glasses, very versatile and a good value though I have lately seen them in stores like Target etc for the same price. I decided to replace my stemmed glasses, even though prettier than these "plain janes" because I used to have 8 and now have 6. I do want to point out the size listed is an accurate 17 oz. These are REALLY BIG glasses. You may find the money you saved on inexpensive glasses is spent on buying more wine when you use these big boys. And don't try to get away with saying "but officer I only had two glasses of wine".
O.K. This corkscrew works, but not that well. The silver color fools ya. You think it will be made of metal and be substantial. Well, guess again! It is mostly (or all) made of plastic. Thus, it makes using the necessary pressure to open a bottle of wine, difficult.
Contrary to popular belief- we really "taste" with our noses and not with our tongues. Tasting involves the tongue to a very minor extent (taste buds only detect sweet, sour, bitter, and salty). All the other favors or sensations are detected by the nose--the only time most people notice this is when they have a bad cold and stuffy nose--then nothing "taste" good.
Therefore- you want a wine glass that can let the aroma linger, so you can get a good whiff.
In addition the thickness and curvature of the glass somehow alters your "taste" ... I'm not sure why ... but I think many people would agree that some drinks taste better out of the bottle under certain situations...like soda or beer on a hot day.
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