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Article: Wine glass maker Claus Riedel, 79
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- March 26, 2004
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
03-26-2004
Wine glass maker Claus Riedel, 79
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 03-26-2004, Friday
Section: LOCAL
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Biographical: CLAUS RIEDEL
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, Mr. Riedel opened a glass factory with his father in Kufstein, Austria, in 1955.
Mr. Riedel said that existing glasses were too small to allow fine wines to achieve their fullest flavors.
He began making delicate, thin, ...