Crate and Barrel Devolves The Wine Glass
Featured: 2006 Boordy Chardonnay. Not pictured: my other pickle slice (consumed)
The early wine glasses: big, aroma-releasing, tailored to each varietal, and a liability in the dishwasher. Broken wine stems and glass bowls abound, and my nice glasses were taken out of the rotation. Riedel devolved the wine glass into a stemless version, solving the broken wine stem dilemna but the glass bowl was still nice enough to get smashed up or cracked. Add to this the fact that the Pinot glasses were gigantic and could not fit in anything anywhere.
Crate & Barrel took wine glass devolution to the max with their stemless version. Simple, elegant, and impossible to break. If it does break, who cares? For $1.95 you can throw them at the wall when you’re finished drinking. Perfect for the mobile wine drinker, either out on the porch or at a picnic in the park. I had a few (I’m very mobile) but just picked up a bunch more last week for patio cookout season kickoff.
