The Robinson x Brendon Precision Glass is the latest wine glass to aspire to make the best of all possible wines. But where does that leave the market for hyper-specific glassware? Eleanor McNeill investigates.
Earlier this summer, Jancis Robinson OBE MW and Richard Brendon added a new glass to their collection. The Precision Glass has the same design as their Original Glass, but is machine made, and is a response to the latter’s success: “We have listened to what the people want,” says Robinson`, “that is, all the precise wine expression offered by our beautiful wine glass, plus a bit more durability and the value possible with a machine-made version. Et voilà: the Precision Glass.”
The Original Glass was designed on the principle that one glass could suit all wines, from port to prosecco. Anne Krebiehl MW, writing for WFW from the Judgment of London event earlier this year, believes that it “lives up” to that aspiration. The Precision Glass promises, by using machine cutting rather than artisanal mouth-blowing, to deliver that same versatility at half the price point ($116 (£90) for four, where the Original Glass was $116 for two). Its name is a nod to the greater uniformity of dimension and weight that comes with using machines, as compared to the Original, whose name is not only a statement of the fact that it was released first, but also acknowledges the one-of-a-kind nature of handmade glassware. Greater uniformity can only be positive in a glass that
This Article was originally published on World of Fine Wine
