Riedel Restaurant Veritas Riesling / Zinfandel Glasses (6 Pack)
Riedel Restaurant Veritas Riesling / Zinfandel Glasses (6 Pack)
- In stock, ready to ship
- Inventory on the way
- Free Mainland UK delivery over £49 - No Quibble Returns
Riedel Restaurant Veritas Riesling / Zinfandel Glass
The Riedel Restaurant Veritas Riesling / Zinfandel glass (0449/15) is built around precision. Where the broader bowls of the Veritas range are designed to open wines up, the 0449/15 works by focusing: its narrow 82mm rim concentrates and directs aromatics to perfect the perception of fruit, minerality, acidity, texture, and the satisfying finish that distinguishes a great Riesling from an ordinary aromatic white. Timeless and elegant, it is fine-blown and lightweight, executed in sparkling crystal with perfect balance in hand.
Riesling is the glass's primary reference point, and the shape addresses all of the grape's distinct structural demands. The narrow rim concentrates the aromatic intensity characteristic of fine Riesling from the Mosel, Alsace, the Wachau, and beyond. It focuses the perception of the wine's defining minerality, brings acidity into balance rather than letting it feel sharp, and guides the flavours to a clean, precise finish. The same focused geometry extends the glass's usefulness across a broad range of aromatic whites including unoaked Sauvignon Blanc, Gruner Veltliner, Sancerre, Pouilly Fume, Scheurebe, and Traminer, as well as dry and off-dry Loire whites, Juracon Sec, and Vernaccia. Beyond white wine, the 0449/15 serves rose wines effectively, covering Cotes de Provence, Marsannay rose, and Cotes du Rhone rose, and handles a wide range of lighter reds including Beaujolais Nouveau, Bardolino, Dolcetto, Zinfandel, Primitivo, and Montepulciano. Fine-blown from lead-free crystal and certified for 1,500 commercial dishwasher cycles under EN 12875-1/2, the 0449/15 is one of the most practically versatile glasses in the Restaurant Veritas range.
Key features of the Riedel Restaurant Veritas Riesling / Zinfandel glass:
- Narrow 82mm rim: Concentrates and directs aromatics to perfect the perception of fruit, minerality, acidity, and texture in Riesling and aromatic white wine styles, guiding flavours to a precise and satisfying finish
- 395ml focused capacity: Appropriately sized for aromatic whites, rose, and lighter reds, providing enough headspace for aromatics to develop without the excess volume of a full red wine bowl
- Riesling across all styles: Recommended for Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Alsace Grand Cru, Riesling Spatlese and late harvest dry, Riesling Smaragd, and Welschriesling, making it the correct single glass for operations with serious Riesling programmes
- Broad aromatic white coverage: Serves unoaked Sauvignon Blanc, Gruner Veltliner, Sancerre, Pouilly Fume, Scheurebe, Traminer, Muller-Thurgau, Loire Blanc, Juracon Sec, and Vernaccia in the same shape
- Rose and lighter red versatility: Recommendation list extends to Cotes de Provence, Marsannay rose, Beaujolais Nouveau, Bardolino, Dolcetto, Zinfandel, Primitivo, Montepulciano, Teroldego, Lagrein, Blauer Portugieser, and Schilcher
- Fine-blown lead-free crystal: Timeless elegance and perfect balance in hand, achieving the refined feel of handmade stemware with machine-made precision
- 1,500-cycle commercial certification: EN 12875-1/2 certified, 50% more durable than the standard Restaurant range, corresponding to 10+ years of typical restaurant service life
- Trade-only set of 6: Exclusively available to hospitality operations including bars, restaurants, hotels, and catering businesses
This glass is the natural choice for operations with serious Riesling or aromatic white programmes, wine bars serving quality Provence rose, and any operation where lighter, fresher wine styles form a significant part of the list alongside fuller-bodied reds. The Veritas collection is available exclusively to trade customers.
What Hospitality Professionals Ask About This Glass
Why does Riesling benefit from a narrower glass than most white wines?
Riesling is one of the most structurally complete white grapes. It combines intense fruit with high acidity, often pronounced minerality, and in serious examples a textural complexity that develops significantly with age. The risk of a wide, open bowl is that it diffuses those tightly integrated elements too broadly, and the wine's defining characteristics, its precision, its mineral edge, its focused acidity, all become less perceptible. The 0449/15's 82mm rim concentrates the aromatics and directs them to the nose with precision, which is why the glass description specifically mentions perfecting the perception of fruit, minerality, acidity, texture, and aromatics together rather than highlighting any single element. Great Riesling is about the interaction between all of those things, and this bowl geometry preserves it.
Why is Zinfandel recommended for a glass designed for Riesling?
It is the glass's most counterintuitive pairing, and it is worth explaining. Zinfandel is an exuberant, fruit-forward wine: jammy blackberry, baking spice, high alcohol, and a character that can easily become overwhelming in a large, open bowl that amplifies and diffuses all of those qualities at once. The 0449/15's narrower diameter focuses and contains that exuberance, presenting Zinfandel as a more structured, defined wine rather than a broad, imprecise one. The same logic applies to Primitivo, the Italian expression of the same grape, and to several other lighter-to-medium reds on the recommendation list including Teroldego, Lagrein, and Schilcher. These are wines that want focus, not a wide stage.
Can this glass serve as our single white wine glass?
For operations with white wine lists centred on aromatic, unoaked, and fresh styles, yes. The 0449/15 serves Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Gruner Veltliner, Sancerre, Pouilly Fume, Loire whites, and lighter aromatic styles very well. Where it is not the right choice is for oaked Chardonnay, white Burgundy, or other full-bodied, barrel-influenced whites, which need the larger, more open bowl of the Oaked Chardonnay glass (0449/97) to prevent the wine from feeling concentrated and heavy. Operations with a split list, some oaked and some aromatic, would benefit from stocking both shapes. Operations focused on fresh, unoaked whites can use the 0449/15 as their primary white glass with confidence.
Is this a good glass for serving quality Provence rose?
Yes, and it is meaningfully better than a generic white wine glass for this purpose. Quality dry rose from Cotes de Provence has delicate aromatic character, pale colour, and a freshness that a wide bowl can make feel thin and fleeting. The 0449/15's narrower rim preserves and concentrates those aromatics, maintains the impression of the wine's texture, and keeps the finish precise rather than diffuse. Marsannay rose from Burgundy and serious Cotes du Rhone rose benefit from the same treatment. For operations where rose is a considered part of the list rather than an afterthought, this glass signals that clearly to the customer.
How many dishwasher cycles are these glasses certified for?
Riedel Restaurant Veritas glasses are independently certified to EN 12875-1/2 standards for 1,500 commercial dishwasher cycles with no visible deterioration. This is 50% greater durability than the standard Restaurant range and corresponds to 10+ years of normal restaurant service life.
The Case for Precision: Serving Riesling and Aromatic Whites Properly
Riesling is arguably the most underserved white grape in hospitality glassware. It appears on serious wine lists from great German estates and Alsace Grand Cru producers alongside everyday house whites, yet in most operations it is poured into the same generic bowl as everything else. The result is a wine that tastes competent but never revelatory, which does a disservice to producers who have done extraordinary work in the vineyard and winery.
The distinction that the 0449/15 makes is in precision. Riesling's power is not in its weight or its richness. It is in the tension between fruit and acidity, in the mineral thread that runs through wines from the Mosel and the Wachau, and in the way the best examples develop aromatic complexity over time that few other white grapes can match. A wide bowl dissipates that tension. The 0449/15 focuses it, concentrating the aromatics and guiding the wine to the nose and palate in a way that makes all of those qualities perceptible simultaneously.
The same precision argument applies to the aromatic whites alongside Riesling on the recommendation list. Sauvignon Blanc loses its definition in an oversized bowl. Gruner Veltliner's peppery minerality becomes generic. Sancerre's gooseberry and flint character, which is the reason the wine commands the price it does, needs a focused delivery to read clearly. The 0449/15 provides that focused delivery consistently across the full range of aromatic white styles.
For rose, the glass makes a practical statement as much as a vinous one. Serving Cotes de Provence in a glass designed to handle its delicate aromatics properly tells the customer that the operation takes its rose list seriously. That matters increasingly in a market where quality dry rose has moved decisively from poolside afterthought to considered wine programme category.
Full Recommended Wine List
The 0449/15 is recommended for the following grape varieties, styles, and appellations: Alsace Grand Cru, Bardolino, Beaujolais Nouveau, Blauer Portugieser, Cotes de Provence, Cotes du Rhone rose, Dolcetto, Gruner Veltliner, Juracon Sec, Lagrein, Loire Blanc, Marsannay rose, Montepulciano, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Muller-Thurgau, Pouilly Fume, Primitivo, Riesling, Riesling Spatlese / late harvest dry, Riesling Smaragd, Rose, Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc (unoaked), Scheurebe, Schilcher, Smaragd, Teroldego, Traminer, Vernaccia, Welschriesling, Zinfandel.
Specifications
Care & Use Instructions
Commercial Dishwasher Use: Veritas glasses are certified for 1,500 commercial dishwasher cycles under EN 12875-1/2. The 82mm diameter fits standard commercial dishwasher racks comfortably. Use standard commercial cycles with professional-grade detergent. Remove promptly after each cycle and allow to air dry to prevent water spotting.
Serving Temperature: Riesling and aromatic whites serve best at 8-10°C for everyday styles, and 10-12°C for richer Smaragd or Alsace Grand Cru where the extra degree or two allows the aromatics to open. Rose wines serve at 8-10°C. Lighter reds including Beaujolais Nouveau, Bardolino, and Dolcetto benefit from a slight chill at 12-14°C. Zinfandel and fuller lighter reds serve at 14-16°C.
Pour Size: Pour 125ml for white wine and rose service. The 395ml capacity is sized for a standard pour with appropriate headspace at 125ml. For lighter reds served in this glass, a standard 125-150ml pour is correct.
Handling: Fine-blown crystal is lighter and more refined than standard commercial stemware. The narrower bowl makes this glass slightly more slender in profile than the red wine shapes in the Veritas range. Hold by the stem or base. The construction is certified for commercial use but benefits from careful handling during racking, polishing, and service.
Storage: Store upright with adequate height clearance for 235mm. Never stack or store rim-down. The narrower 82mm diameter makes racking straightforward in standard commercial glass racks.
Why Buy From The Riedel Shop?
As specialist Riedel retailers, we understand the demands of operations where white wine, rose, and lighter reds span a wide range of styles and origins. The 0449/15 is one of the most practically versatile glasses in the Restaurant Veritas range, and we can help you understand how it works alongside other Veritas shapes to build a complete and efficient glass inventory. The Restaurant Veritas collection is available exclusively to trade customers, and we provide the product knowledge and service standards that professional buyers expect.
Our Guarantees to You
- ✓ No Quibble Returns
- ✓ Half-Price Accidental Breakage Replacement (2 Years)
- ✓ Price Match Guarantee
Read our full guarantee policy →
Questions? Visit our contact page
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does delivery take?
Standard delivery to mainland UK addresses typically takes 3-5 working days. For hospitality operations requiring urgent delivery, contact us to discuss expedited shipping options.
Can I return glasses if they don't suit our operation?
We offer a no quibble return guarantee on unopened sets in original packaging. We recommend ordering one set to trial with your wine programme before committing to larger quantities.
Should we use this glass for all Riesling styles including sweeter ones?
The 0449/15 is recommended for Riesling across all dry to off-dry styles, including Spatlese and late harvest dry. For dessert-level Riesling, including Auslese, Beerenauslese, or Trockenbeerenauslese served as a dessert wine, a smaller dessert wine glass may be more appropriate given the smaller pour size and the intensity of the wine. For the everyday and serious dry to off-dry range that most hospitality operations are serving, the 0449/15 is correct across the board.
Can home users purchase Restaurant Veritas glasses?
No. The Restaurant Veritas collection is trade-only, available exclusively to bars, restaurants, hotels, and catering operations. Home users seeking the same varietal-specific shape should consider the consumer Riedel Veritas range, available without trade restrictions.
Do you offer volume discounts for larger groups?
For hospitality groups requiring multiple sets, typically 10 or more for venue refits or multi-site operations, contact us to discuss volume pricing and delivery arrangements.
What is the expected annual breakage rate?
Breakage rates typically run 10-13% annually with properly trained staff. The 82mm diameter makes this glass slender relative to the red wine shapes in the Veritas range, so careful handling during racking and service is worthwhile. The fine-blown construction is certified for commercial use, and proper staff training is the most effective tool for managing breakage.
