Breathable Wineglasses?

I had never heard of breathable wine glasses until a nice lady came into the tasting room as a representative for a company named Eisch.  Eisch is a company from Germany that spent six years of research and testing to create the first ever breathable wine glass.  I was skeptical until I looked at the glasses, read critic reviews and tried them for myself.  The glasses are all lead-free crystal that undergo an oxygenating treatment which gives the Breathable Glass its unique properties by changing the molecular structure in the glass.  A wine poured into this glass for just 2-4 minutes shows signs of aeration equivalent to the same wine that has been decanted and aerated for 1-2 hours.  The affects of the glass can really be seen in a comparative tasting between this glass and any other wineglass of the same shape, size and volume. 

I poured a small amount of Three Rivers 2006 Malbec (just bottled in February 2008) into the breathable glass and into a second 'high end' glass.  I was told the affects can be seen best in a younger wine which would normally require some decanting to open up.  The fruitiness of the wine in the breathable glass was apparent right away and the tannins were also softened, versus the other glass where I could still smell the alcohol more than the fruit, and the tannins were still a little heavy. Overall I was very pleased with the Eisch breathable wine glass, thought it increased the enjoyment of the wine, and have decided to sell them in our tasting room.  Besides my personal impression of these glasses, they are also endorsed by Robert Parker, Ronn R. Wiegand and Dan Berger.  I would love to hear from anyone else who has tried the Eisch Breathable wineglass and hear about your experience!

Amy Locati, Wine Club Manager

Comments

[michael e. dillon,m.d.]

this kind of reminds me of a german engineer who created a wine bottle that caused a large call back due to the rotten egg smell when the bottle was opened!!! and it was a very good wine once you got past the brief puff of rotten eggs....no disrespect but were wine skins aerated also ciao, blarney dillon

[Holly Turner]

I am happy to answer your question but I am not sure what you are referencing when you say 'wine skins'. If you mean the bottle, then no, our winebottles are not aerated. Thanks!