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Article: Austrian Wine Glass Pioneer Dies at 79
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- March 24, 2004
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AP Online
03-24-2004
Dateline: GENOA, Italy
Claus Riedel, an Austrian who pioneered and made glasses in different shapes according to the variety of wine being consumed, has died, his company said. He was 79.
Born into the ninth generation of glassmakers, Riedel opened a glass factory with his father in Kufstein, Austria, in 1955.
Riedel said that existing glasses were too small to allow fine wines to achieve their fullest flavors. He began making delicate, thin, long-stemmed glasses as an alternative.
In 1958 Riedel created the Sommeliers Burgundy Grand Cru stem, the world's largest wine glass, now ...
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