Quality glassware for any culinary style and budget
Take Your Restaurant’s Tables to the Next Level
For any hotel, bar, café, or restaurant, a key measure of your establishment's quality is the drinks you serve and how you present them. That said, finding the right glasses can be tricky; you have to consider precisely what glasses you need, their cost, and their suitability for your working environment, and you want to get all this right without compromising on quality.
Durable, consistent, reputable
Many variables have to be factored in when choosing glassware to stock your establishment’s bar. How reliable and reputable is the manufacturer? Can you be sure you’ll be able to order the same glasses repeatedly to maintain a consistent theme throughout your bar? Is the product of the desired quality?
With RIEDEL, you can emphatically tick all these boxes, and we’re here to tell you how. At RIEDEL, we provide a variety of glassware that's suitable for whatever your establishment's needs may be. Join us as we break down the importance of carefully selecting what glassware you purchase, plus our various on-premise glassware offerings that will help you raise your establishment's tables to the next level.
Choosing the proper glassware for your establishment
When selecting glassware, it is essential to tailor the RIEDEL glasses you choose to your setup and culinary offerings.
For example, if you run a specialist wine bar or a fine-dining restaurant, we'd recommend you consider our RIEDEL Grape Varietal Specific glassware.
While this means investing in a wide variety of glasses that will require more storage space and expertise from your staff, you receive glassware that brings out the very best in your wines.
In contrast, a universal approach may work better for you if you own a casual dining restaurant and want to prioritize space, efficiency, and simplicity. In this instance, our RIEDEL Wine Friendly glasses are ideal for anyone looking for glassware that can impress with a range of wines rather than one varietal, all while retaining the famous mark of quality that comes with RIEDEL glassware.
As mentioned, you also want glassware matching the food you serve. If you run a seafood restaurant, you will likely require more white wine glasses to pair alongside the dishes on your menu. If, however, you run a steakhouse, you're more likely to receive a lot of full-bodied red wine orders, so our extensive list of red wine glasses will be more relevant to you.
In each of these instances, identifying the beverages that pair best with the food you serve, along with the appropriate RIEDEL glass, will allow you to be as efficient as possible when ordering from our on-premise selection.
Ideal for: Wine bars, fine-dining, hotels
Premium machine-made glasses
There was a time when machine-made items, while quicker and more cost-effective to make than handmade items, couldn't come close in terms of overall quality. However, thanks to the rapid advancement of modern glassmaking technology, that gap has narrowed considerably over recent years to the extent that one of our signature handmade collections, RIEDEL Superleggero, has this year been reimagined and rereleased as a premium machine-made collection.
Featuring classic collections such as RIEDEL Vinum, plus more recently released collections like RIEDEL Performance, RIEDEL Winewings, and RIEDEL Veloce, our premium machine-made glassware offerings are perfect for establishments looking for the highest quality of varietal-specific glassware without paying handmade glassware prices.
Of all our premium machine-made wine glass collections, the current most popular series with RIEDEL hospitality customers are:
RIEDEL Restaurant
The clue is in the name; RIEDEL Restaurant is our all-encompassing restaurant collection that delivers all the glassware a restaurant could want, including extensive varietal-specific wine glasses plus a wealth of spirits glasses.
RIEDEL Veritas
A favorite ever since its introduction in 2014, the RIEDEL Veritas Collection features a timeless lightweight design for optimum wine enjoyment. Elegantly shaped, RIEDEL Veritas became our first collection to allow you to cater to the differences in old and new world wines, providing yet another example of RIEDEL's continued efforts to set the standard for crystal glassware design.
RIEDEL Winewings
This collection took flight in 2020 as the brainchild of 10th-generation Georg Riedel. Displaying an eye-catching, unconventional design that goes against the norm for wine glasses, RIEDEL Winewings is particularly popular with restaurants, hotels, and bars looking for a striking design that stands out or matches an expressive interior design. The flat-bottomed, wing-like structure of these glasses maximizes the surface area of the wine when poured, allowing for as much interaction as possible between the wine and air to help wines' aromas develop and excel.
RIEDEL Decanters
If you thought we had a plethora of premium machine-made wine glasses for your consideration, wait until you see our list of on-premise RIEDEL decanters. With everything from handmade items for special occasions to machine-made options perfect for everyday use, there is a decanter for everyone. Our RIEDEL handmade decanter options are sights to behold.
Hand-crafted in Austria by master glassmakers, these decanters signify an establishment committed to making a statement by delivering guests an unforgettable, extravagant wine experience.
And with a multitude of designs and decanter colors available, you can browse for the RIEDEL handmade decanter that best fits your establishment's aesthetic. Our handmade decanters may occasionally be available at restaurant quality, of which you can ask your local RIEDEL sales representative for more information.
We're big believers that any wine benefits from decanting (check out our guide to decanting wine for more on this), so it's crucial we also provide decanters suited to day-to-day use in your establishment.
Our RIEDEL on-premise machine-made decanters are an eye-catching reminder that decanting is for anyone looking to enhance their wine enjoyment and isn't restricted to fine-dining establishments.
Check them out when you visit our website's 'for business' section to take your bar or restaurant's red, white, or sparkling wines up a notch.
Whichever premium machine-made RIEDEL wine glass collection or decanter you opt for, you'll get a series designed to deliver the best of a particular grape or wine style's qualities, both on the nose and the palate.
If your establishment serves a wine not explicitly referenced by any of our Grape Varietal Specific Glasses, you can find the best glass for it using our online wine glass guide.
Ideal for: Casual dining, hotels, cafes, bars
Machine-made wine glasses, cocktail glasses, and tumblers
With such a wealth of offerings, our machine-made on-premise pieces are designed to enhance the presentation of whichever type of beverage your establishment may serve.
RIEDEL Restaurant
The clue is in the name; RIEDEL Restaurant is our all-encompassing restaurant collection that delivers all the glassware a restaurant could want, including extensive varietal-specific wine glasses plus a wealth of spirits glasses.
RIEDEL Veritas
A favorite ever since its introduction in 2014, the RIEDEL Veritas Collection features a timeless lightweight design for optimum wine enjoyment. Elegantly shaped, RIEDEL Veritas became our first collection to allow you to cater to the differences in old and new world wines, providing yet another example of RIEDEL's continued efforts to set the standard for crystal glassware design.
RIEDEL Winewings
This collection took flight in 2020 as the brainchild of 10th-generation Georg Riedel. Displaying an eye-catching, unconventional design that goes against the norm for wine glasses, RIEDEL Winewings is particularly popular with restaurants, hotels, and bars looking for a striking design that stands out or matches an expressive interior design. The flat-bottomed, wing-like structure of these glasses maximizes the surface area of the wine when poured, allowing for as much interaction as possible between the wine and air to help wines' aromas develop and excel.
So you see, regardless of the nature of your establishment, the food and drink you serve, and the price points you're looking for, there's a RIEDEL on-premise glass for you. To access these irresistible glassware collections, head to our website's professional webshops section to compare and order the RIEDEL glassware best suited to your establishment's needs.