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Awesome product. Glasses sparkle and shine after using this cloth. A must for anyone who takes pride in their crystal wine glasses.

If you have nice wine glasses, you are crazy not to have this! It works great and is easy to use!

Awesome cloth and does what it says. Spot free and sparkling wine glasses. Highly recommend.

The best wine glass cleaning towel I have tried, and I've tried a few. Just bought 2 more.

I've had my fair share of microfiber towels, but this one is absolutely fabulous!! No lint, and brings the shine back.. Crystal clear wine glasses! As mentioned, the towel is large enough for you to hold the glass with one side of the towel, and use the other side to dry and polish. There are many types of microfiber towels, this is the "silk" like feeling type.

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I bought some of these as a gift when they first came out and have wanted them ever since. Very nice feel, thin crystal rim, goood for swirling. The only problem is they are somewhat hard to hold because they are so big around.

Vesta and I have been called pseudo wine nut cases off and on for years. We drink a bottle of Napa Valley Cab every night, sometimes two and sometimes we do a Bordeaux sometimes two and sometimes we do a big Bordeaux. We like our wine. I wouldn't say our teeth are floating in it, but we like it. And we like clinking our wine glasses and hearing the neeto ping, so when we first came across these glasses in our friendly upscale wine store, we turned our noses toward the sky and pooh poohed them. But then one night -- when we had a couple young ones over while their parents were out listening to a band that fails miserably in passing off bad noise as music -- one of the kids accidently, and I know it was an accident because she said so, knocked over one of our wine glasses, spilling the wine and breaking the glass. Easy to do for a kid and a long stemmed glass. Her parents, when learning about this, bought us a pair of these beauties. They didn't have to, we didn't beat their child or anything, didn't even raise our voices. Children are children, after all. Now that we owned a pair of these glasses we'd thought were beneath us, we had to try them. So we did. And jeez, I almost hate to admit it, but we bought a couple more pair, bringing our supply up to a half dozen, because these are the only glasses we use now. They're a lot more kid friendly (we're like the neighborhood babysitters, probably because we really like kids and we don't charge, so the young couples on our block are more than happy to drop their children off at our house). As for the finger print problem, we don't have that, because we wash our hands before we eat and before we pour. However, I will readily admit we don't get quite that neeto pinging sound when we clink glass, oh well, you can't have everything.

I own a lot of the Riedel O Clear Champagne glasses, we use them frequently, and I haven't broken one yet despite many washings in our mid-range Bosch dishwasher (I run it on the normal cycle). I think the non-traditional style surprises people (if my friends were more openly judgmental I probably would own more traditional glasses) and there is truth to the fact that your hand warms the champagne a little if you continuously hold on to the glass. Cheap champagne flutes are garbage. These are priced a lot higher than cheap, but they hold up well enough for my use. It's that practical level of usability/value that I was looking for. 4 stars instead of 5 because of the hand warming problem and slightly high price. But 4 stars because I would (and have!) buy them again despite the flaws.

Great glasses and just too pretty with the stem holding the garnish - be it a lemon drop, olives or a scored vanilla bean...lovely!

Just ordered and received some of these glasses in all shapes and sizes. There seems to be a debate on whether these glasses are indeed crystal. For what it's worth, the Riedel sticker that is on affixed to each glass denotes "non lead kristallglass" and the "O" pamphlet that came in the box says "Crystal * Machine Made * The O Wine Tumbler". From my research: technically, the word "crystal" is a commonly misused term that simply refers to a clear colourless glass. "Lead crystal" is crystal that has a variable percentage of lead in it to further refract light, ie. sparkle and add weight. Lead crystal is what most of us think when we hear the term crystal. So it appears that the "O" glasses are indeed technically crystal. The glass does indeed appear colorless, delicate and of high quality. However, if you are looking for that twinkling refraction (and weight) of leaded crystal - you will not have that here. With all the possible health concerns over lead in general (as well as added cost), the sparkle is something I can live without. We debated between these and Target's similarly priced Vivant Riedel line (also stemless). We had previously bought a couple of sets from Target that we liked. Ultimately, I think the slight variation of the shape of the Vivant line is more appealing and hand friendly. However, I was able to get a much better deal through Amazon with the "O" and decided the shape variation was not that big of a deal. I'd suggest you try them both to see how much it matters to you. They are very similar. Also note, the Cab glass is fairly hefty for medium to small hands - I'd second the recommendation in an earlier review that if you are wanting a more "hand friendly" glass for reds - to go with the slightly more slender syrah/shyraz shape. The chardonnay tumbler is also pretty large - and might look nice for a formal dinner/etc, but I'd go with the voignier/chardonnay shape for everyday use for whites. The current Amazon promotion "buy three ,get the fourth for free" promotion is the way to go if you are looking for multiple sets of these glasses.

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This was a great deal on for some nice Riedel white wine glasses. Nice addition to our Cab Sav Riedel Glasses. Expensive to replace and require extra care when cleaning. Don't let your guests who want to help out with the dishes clean these or you are likely to have a broken one.

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I've never read a better resource for historians, historical fiction writers and Victorian/Edwardian enthusiasts. Forgotten Elegance is replete with photographs, diagrams and text culled from primary resources on the art of dining and entertaining. Though this book is fairly pricey it is a TOP resource and owning a copy of this book will supplement any and every other book on the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

This book is very detailed and informative.The bibliography is very extensive and I have found several more books that I find useful for my own collecting. However, considering the price of $62.95, I was a expecting more photos and a larger format.

This is a great book for anyone interested in the use of china and silverware in the Victorian Era and the functions of each piece. It is also a great guide for antique shopping or junking. I know I have seen some of those odd pieces of china and silver and never knew what they were used for. Now that I do, I can add to my collection with confidence.