Riedel has introduced a jet-black
glass called the Blind Blind Tasting Glass. In
addition to concealing wines' grape, type, region,
producer and vintage, as is the case in normal blind
tastings, this glass hides wines' color, (white, red
or rosé), depth of color, clarity, brilliance,
and effervescence
59 oz
The Blind Blind Tasting Glass
was designed for wine drinkers who don't want to
form pre-conceived judgments prior to tasting, who
want to taste fully blind. Given that humans' first
sense in judging wine is sight (in fact,
blind-folded tasters have not infrequently confused
red and white wines), this glass removes all visual
cues. Beyond color, the Blind Blind glass precludes
immediately judging, for example, a pale-red Barolo
as thin, or a deep purple pinot noir as rich. It is
indeed the world's first double-blind
glass.
The Blind Blind Tasting Glass
(8400/15) employs Riedel's most versatile bowl, the
Zinfandel/Chianti (8-7/8" high with a 133/8 ounce
bowl) and like other glasses in the Sommeliers
collection is hand-made of full-lead crystal. The
glass achieves its blackness through the addition of
manganese oxide; a little of this metal turns glass
purple, a little more turns it pitch black. |
