The AWS Pittsburgh East chapter hosted 74 AWS members and guests on Friday, May 4th for a RIEDEL wine glass tasting of Sonoma County wines with Jamie Newman, RIEDEL product ambassador.  From the feedback, I think everyone had a great time and were surprised by the profound effect these glasses had on the wine.

Using the AWS wine evaluation chart, each wine was evaluated with the standard AWS 11 ounce tasting glass (Libby #8472) and then with the varietal-specific RIEDEL VINUM series glass.  Overall, the RIEDEL glasses significantly enhanced the character of the wine and consistently outperformed the AWS glass for all four varietals - a GOOD wine became an EXCELLENT wine!

 

With the RIEDEL glass, the scores increased by an overall average of 2.7 with standard deviation of 2.1.  For each varietal, there were only 4 to 8 scorers, out of 70, that evaluated the RIEDEL glass as no change or a slight negative change in score compared to the AWS glass.

 

​If you are interested in adding to your RIEDEL collection, Jamie Newman has arranged a very special 15% discount for online purchases.

The web discount code is AGENTJN15 and will be active only until next Thursday, MAY 17.

Go to www.riedel.com. When you get to the cart to pay, enter the promo code.

There is FREE SHIPPING on orders over $75, and REIDEL does not charge sales tax on orders shipped to Pennsylvania.