Broken glass: Maximilian Riedel’s crusade against the flute

Broken glass: Maximilian Riedel’s crusade against the flute

The glassmaker tells us why your wine is really only as good as the glass you pour it into...

Words: Joseph Bullmore

Photography: Jooney Woodward

“Here’s how to smell wine the real way,” says Maximillian Riedel, languidly spinning an elegant wine glass so the strawcoloured liquid dances up to the rim, and drawing two deep breaths, his eyes shut, from the belly of the bulb.

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