Riedel Winewings Cabernet Wine Glass, Single Glass

Experience Cabernet Sauvignon the way it was always meant to be experienced — with the Riedel Winewings Cabernet Wine Glass (1234/0). Born from a simple challenge issued to Georg Riedel in 2018 — to create the ultimate glass for Cabernet Sauvignon — the Winewings collection represents the most radical departure in Riedel's design history: a completely new glass shape that broke entirely from the rounded bowl conventions of every collection that preceded it.

The defining innovation is the flat, stretched, wing-shaped bottom — inspired directly by the wing of an aircraft, complete with winglets. Where conventional wine glasses concentrate wine in a curved bowl, the Winewings' flat base dramatically increases the surface area between wine and air, accelerating evaporation and generating a significantly greater intensity of aroma. As Georg Riedel himself explains it: when you position your nose to the glass, you are closer to the wine and exposed to its wider surface — an immediate, tangible difference in how completely a great Cabernet's bouquet reaches you.

For Cabernet Sauvignon specifically, the Winewings shape emphasizes primary fruit aromas and minerality, softens the rough edges of high tannin, and allows the wine to achieve the balance between power and elegance that defines great Bordeaux and Napa Cabernet. At approximately 9.84" tall with a generous capacity of up to 28 oz, this is a glass with genuine authority — sized for a serious wine lover who wants their Cabernet in a vessel designed to unlock everything it has to offer. Machine-made lead-free crystal. Dishwasher safe. Sold individually. From Riedel since 1756.

Key Product Features

• Born from a Challenge to Create the Ultimate Cabernet Glass — Georg Riedel, 2018: In 2018, Georg Riedel was challenged to create the ultimate glass for Cabernet Sauvignon — a year-long project of tastings and refinements that began as one glass for one grape and evolved into the seven-shape Winewings collection, representing the most radical departure in Riedel's design history.
• Revolutionary Flat Wing-Shaped Bottom — Aircraft-Inspired for Maximum Aroma Intensity: The flat, stretched, wing-shaped base — inspired by the wing of an aircraft, complete with winglets — dramatically increases the surface area between wine and air, accelerating evaporation and generating significantly greater aroma intensity than a conventional rounded bowl, bringing the nose closer to the wine's full bouquet with every sip.
• Emphasizes Minerality & Primary Fruit — Softens Tannins for Perfect Balance: The Winewings Cabernet shape emphasizes the minerality and primary fruit aromas of Cabernet Sauvignon while smoothing the rough edges of high tannin — allowing full-bodied, complex Cabernet, Bordeaux, Merlot, and St. Emilion wines to achieve the elegant balance between power and fruit that defines the greatest expressions of these varietals.
• Brutally Functional by Design — For the Wine Lover Who Demands Depth & Complexity: Georg Riedel's own description of the Winewings collection is "brutally functional" — a collection that prioritizes wine performance above all else, designed for the serious wine enthusiast who prefers wines with depth, complexity, and minerality and demands a glass engineered to reveal all of it.
• Sold Individually — 9.84" Tall, ~28 oz — Machine-Made Lead-Free Crystal — Dishwasher Safe: Machine-made lead-free crystal for unsurpassed precision and clarity. At 9.84" tall with approximately 28 oz capacity, a glass with genuine presence and authority at the table. Dishwasher safe. Sold individually — ideal for completing a collection or gifting a single exceptional glass. From Riedel since 1756. Item 1234/0.