{"product_id":"riedel-performance-decanter","title":"RIEDEL Performance Decanter","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRiedel added this decanter to the Performance range in 2018, blown with the same fine optic ridges that run through the glasses. They catch the light as the wine moves, which is most of what a decanter is asked to do once the wine is in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe shape is plain and wide: 139mm across the base, so a bottle spreads into a shallow pool rather than sitting in a column. That is the part that matters. Air reaches more of the wine at once, and there is room to swirl without wearing it on your hand. The glass is clear and unweighted, so you can see the colour and see when a bottle has thrown a deposit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt takes a standard 750ml bottle. Young reds are worth an hour in it; older bottles want far less, and want decanting mainly to leave the sediment in the bottle. Whites and sparkling wines can go in too, though they warm quickly once poured out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA single decanter. 245mm tall, 139mm across, holding a standard bottle. Machine-made crystal glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDishwasher safe on a low temperature, on its own with nothing resting against it. Otherwise rinse with hot water straight after use and stand it upside down to drain. Detergent leaves a film that dulls aroma, and abrasive cleaners and cleaning beads scratch the inside. For staining, use a decanter cleaner made for the job.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st0Ipe\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRiedel \u003c\/strong\u003ehave been making glass since 1756, when the family founded a glassworks in Bohemia. They were dispossessed of it after the Second World War and began again in Austria, buying the Kufstein glassworks in 1956; Georg Riedel, the tenth generation, and his son Maximilian, the eleventh, run the company now. Claus Riedel, the ninth, was the first to design a glass around what was going into it rather than around how it could be decorated, stripping the form back to bowl, stem and base. His 1973 Sommeliers collection was the first stemware shaped for particular wines, and every serious glassmaker has followed since. The mouth-blown glasses are still made by hand at Kufstein; the machine-made ranges come from the factory at Weiden in Germany.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"RIEDEL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56240433594753,"sku":"1490\/13","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/0862\/0858\/files\/RIEDELPerformanceDecanter_FINE_WILD.jpg?v=1788953421","url":"https:\/\/www.fineandwild.com\/products\/riedel-performance-decanter","provider":"FINE \u0026 WILD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}