Riedel "O" Series Wine Glasses

Destemmed. In our search for mini and space saving we remembered the Riedel "O" series, in which the famous glassmaker decided to de-stem their glasses, save space and lower the price all at once. Created by Maximilian Riedel (11th generation), these "tumblers" employ the same shape as their well known Vinum collection. Available in all of these places for @ $35 for 4 glasses.

We haven't used these contemporary oddities, but if we didn't hang our stems from the ceiling, we would head in this direction quickly. MGR

Comments (4)

These wine glasses are terrible. The whole culture of drinking wine includes the clinking of glasses. The sound of the clink is largely determined by holding the glass by its stem.

Riedel should have known better.

I love these glasses! My main reason is, you cannot tip them over, so it saves many spills and stains during parties. Plus, they double as high ball glasses, if your desire runs that direction. We got these as a house warming gift (the Chardonnay glass) and I have purchased enough to make an 8 piece set. I love them!!!

I had these and promptly broke one. They just don't have the gravitas of a glass with a stem. Plus I do not like touching the bowl with my hand. In the South we can use dixie cups for a stemless wine glass anyway ;)

We have sets of the Cab and Chardonnay versions from the O series. I got them at BJ's. We also have the Chardonnay version of Riedel's Vivant series. I found those for dirt cheap at my local Goodwill. The O series feels more expensive than the Vivant, but both are nice to drink out of. The Vivant series are more bottom-heavy, but no less prone to tipping in my opinion.

I decided on stemless glasses because I'm a klutz, they are more compact to store than stemware, and they are less prone to tip than stems. All in all, I'm very happy with them.