pizza1 wrote:
I wouldnt really call tiffany and company wine glasses a "white elephant" gift. I have the red and white wine sets, and They sit in box until I have company, and then use them. They are not my everyday glasses. 
I have an All-Clad kitchen as well...my entire kitchen is from Williams- Sonoma, except for my everyday dishes, and those are from RH. I prefer to spend a little more on good quality things, rather than replace stuff every year or two.
humuhumunukunukuapua'a wrote:
plus...... they have some really nice diamonds. 
@pizza1 wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@UncleB wrote:The ones I have are the 'lead-crystal' variety... I have a set of eight:
I agree that they 'take up space', but at $45 each I'm not about to get rid of them! They will continue to serve me well on special occasions.
Personally, I'd rather have the $360 in All-Clad.
I wouldnt really call tiffany and company wine glasses a "white elephant" gift. I have the red and white wine sets, and They sit in box until I have company, and then use them. They are not my everyday glasses.
I have an All-Clad kitchen as well...my entire kitchen is from Williams- Sonoma, except for my everyday dishes, and those are from RH. I prefer to spend a little more on good quality things, rather than replace stuff every year or two.
Are they made with "lead crystal" (the marketing term for lead glass) or lead-free "crystal glass"? Wine glasses generally aren't made with lead. (Edit: Actually, Tiffany does make a few.) I'm only calling lead-containing products inconvenient and impractical.
I think the idea of differing glass shapes for different wines (like burgundy and bordeaux glasses) is nonsense, though. All you really want in a wine glass is a good "funnel" effect where the wine has a high surface area relative to the cross-sectional area at the rim of the glass.
I get that champagne flutes have a cultural celebratory connotation, though I've had guests quite content to go through a few bottles of champagne with generic wine glasses.