Zalto - Range Restock "Precision Instruments" With summer upon us and the festive season a near prospect, there are going to be some fine bottles going around. Great wines deserve the best glasses, and the best is Zalto. Our latest shipment of glassware has just landed and includes just about all you could wish for: an array of precision stems alongside elegantly stylish decanters, carafes and spittoons. Our affection for the indispensable Zalto Universal glass is total, yet there is much joy to be found in its more specifically attuned siblings—glasses for Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne and more. We also offer the Balance, designed to bring out the best in new-wave artisanal/low-intervention wines that emphasise texture and structure as much as fruit. Zalto’s first new glass in over a decade is slightly smaller than the Bordeaux and Burgundy glasses, while the signature Zalto angle is even more pronounced. Like every Zalto glass, it is mouthblown and combines beautiful delicacy with surprising robustness—see here for a demonstration courtesy of wine writer Jamie Goode (the review for Corofin Wrekin Chardonnay comes free)! “Owning an exquisite set of glasses like the Zalto Universals can be a joy,” wrote New York Times critic Eric Asimov. We invite you to allow yourself that joy—and perhaps even share it with others as celebration season gets into full swing. The Glassware $170.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto White Wine Glass 2 Pack A great glass for young Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and other racy aromatics. Also terrific for young Chablis, as well as lighter-bodied reds. If you are familiar with the popular Riedel Riesling/Sangiovese glass, this would be your closest match. We also use this glass for Sherries, some sparkling wines and spirits. It can work perfectly as a general glass for both whites and reds. Read more $170.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $493.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto White Wine Glass 6 Pack Six Pack. A great glass for young Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and other racy aromatics. Also good for young Chablis, as well as lighter-bodied reds. If you are familiar with the popular Riedel Riesling/Sangiovese glass, this would be your closest match. We also use this glass for Sherries, some sparkling wine and spirits—when Melanie Tesseron of Cognac Tesseron was in Australia this was the glass we used at the tastings. Melanie was totally won over both with the glass and its suitability for her Cognacs. It can work perfectly well as a general glass for both whites and reds. Read more $493.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $174.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Universal Glass 2 Pack This glass is ideal for full-bodied, powerful and/or developed wines, with its shape allowing the wine’s depth and intensity to shine through while still accentuating its underlying complexity and finesse. It can work for pretty much all Italian wines (although older Nebbiolo is often better in the ‘Burgundy’ glass), as well as all mature whites and reds from anywhere else. Mature Chablis, Riesling, Chianti, Beaujolais and pretty much any Australian wine, young or old, are good candidates. Also terrific for great grower Champagne. In short, as the name suggests, a brilliant all-rounder. Read more $174.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $174.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Champagne Glass 2 Pack Such a beautiful option for any time you require the aesthetic of a ‘flute’-shaped glass. Crafted for Champagne, Prosecco, Spumante, Cava and all other sparkling wines. Just don’t overfill it! Read more $174.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $505.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Champagne Glass 6 Pack Such a beautiful option for any time you require the aesthetic of a ‘flute’-shaped glass. Crafted for Champagne, Prosecco, Spumante, Cava and all other sparkling wines. Just don’t overfill it! Read more $505.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $178.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Bordeaux Glass 2 Pack This works wonders on wines rich in structure and fruit concentration and for wines high in tannin. Broader-based than most 'Bordeaux' glass styles, its unique design brings harmony to potent, concentrated, structured wines. While it works particularly well for Bordeaux, Brunello di Montalcino, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Shiraz, etc., it’s also superb with Nebbiolo, Gamay and Pinot. So don't let the name fool you into thinking this is a one-dimensional stem. Read more $178.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $517.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Bordeaux Glass 6 Pack This works wonders on wines rich in structure and fruit concentration and for wines high in tannin. Broader-based than most 'Bordeaux' glass styles, its unique design brings harmony to potent, concentrated, structured wines. While it works particularly well for Bordeaux, Brunello di Montalcino, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Shiraz, etc., it’s also superb with Nebbiolo, Gamay and Pinot. So don't let the name fool you into thinking this is a one-dimensional stem. Read more $517.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $186.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Burgundy Glass 2 Pack The wide bowl in this glass provides maximum surface area, allowing the different components of the wine to open up and ‘show’ with great precision. Particularly good for wines that are both tightly wound and old and complex (you miss nothing!). If it is young and open, it’s better off in one of the smaller shapes above. Obviously great with Burgundy, but what you use it for is only limited by your imagination! Read more $186.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $542.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Burgundy Glass 6 Pack The wide bowl in this glass provides maximum surface area, allowing the different components of the wine to open up and ‘show’ with great precision. Particularly good for wines that are both tightly wound and old and complex (you miss nothing!). If it is young and open, it’s better off in one of the smaller Zalto glass shapes. Obviously great with Burgundy, but what you use it for is only limited by your imagination! Read more $542.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $186.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Balance Glass 2 Pack We can now offer Zalto’s first new glass in over a decade. At 195 millimetres tall and 113 millimetres wide, ‘Balance’ is slightly smaller than the Bordeaux and Burgundy glasses, while the signature Zalto angle is even more pronounced.The idea behind ‘Balance’ was to design a glass that would bring out the best in new-wave artisanal/low-intervention wines that emphasise texture and structure as much as fruit. Michael Hinterleitner, whose family owns Zalto, explains, “We have been testing different prototypes for two years to create a glass that harmonises certain aspects of wines not often found in conventional winemaking.” So, after two years of intensive tastings and discussions with winegrowers and sommeliers, ‘Balance’ was born. Zalto recommends the glass for deep, complex whites–Chardonnay and full-bodied Riesling, for example–to fully show their depth and subtlety while harmonising aromas and flavours without concentrating one element. The latest Zalto glass provides the ideal space for wines to fully develop their depth and subtlety while harmonising aromas and flavours with great precision. Zalto also recommends the glass for skin-macerated whites, and reds made with high proportions of bunches. Read more $186.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $170.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Sweet Wine Glass 2 Pack Two Pack. Another stunning glass. This shape showcases the elegance and finesse of sweet wines perfectly. Its shape is designed to balance the acidity, power and sweetness of great sweet wines (although the ‘White Wine’ glass also does a good job with such wines). Works with Sauternes, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, Eiswein, Port and Madeira. Read more $170.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $493.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Sweet Wine Glass 6 Pack Six Pack. Another stunning glass. This shape showcases the elegance and finesse of sweet wines perfectly. Its shape is designed to balance the acidity, power and sweetness of great sweet wines (although the ‘White Wine’ glass also does a good job with such wines). Works with Sauternes, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, Eiswein, Port and Madeira. Read more $493.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $170.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Beer Glass 2 Pack Fine glassware is not just for wine, and this glass perfectly illustrates how much a good glass can improve a cold beer! The thin crystal and tapered shape allow for a stable head and focused aromatics. Works well with any beer. Read more $170.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $143.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Digestive Glass 2 Pack This was designed for fine, elegant spirits like aquavit, eau de vie and the like. The narrow, tapered shape of this glass captures the subtle bouquet and enhances floral, fruity and delicate flavour profiles. Read more $143.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $413.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Digestive Glass 6 Pack This was designed for fine, elegant spirits like aquavit, eau de vie and the like. The narrow, tapered shape of this glass captures the subtle bouquet and enhances floral, fruity and delicate flavour profiles. Read more $413.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $170.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Water Glass 2 Pack Due to its similarity to the wine glass, this also makes for a perfect all-round tasting glass and it’s also very good for beers. It was crafted for water and non-alcoholic drinks. Read more $170.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $493.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Water Glass 6 Pack Due to its similarity to the wine glass, this also makes for a perfect all-round tasting glass and it’s also very good for beers. It was crafted for water and non-alcoholic drinks. Read more $493.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $176.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Decanter Axium While some glassware manufacturers seem intent on steering decanter design into the realm of flamboyant objets d'art, Zalto crafts only two simple yet beautiful, function-over-form designs. They both look and handle with style and, more importantly, they are practical and just work. They are also both brilliant value. The Axium is the smaller of the two and is designed for medium-bodied red wines and medium to full-bodied white wines. Read more $176.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $202.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Decanter Mystique The Mystique is designed for all full-bodied red wines, particularly young, powerful red wines that require a larger surface/air ratio for the enhanced exposure of the wine’s individual characteristics and finer nuances. Also ideal for decanting magnums. Read more $202.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Carafe No25 Height: 175mm and Volume: 350ml. These elegant mouth-blown decanters come in three sizes. Easy to use, pour, store, clean and drain (by inverting onto a tea towel). Well suited for storage in the refrigerator if used for white wine or to cool decanted red wine that has become too warm. Also, they look great on the table and can be used for water and wine. Read more $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Carafe No25 Height: 175mm and Volume: 350ml. These elegant mouth-blown decanters come in three sizes. Easy to use, pour, store, clean and drain (by inverting onto a tea towel). Well suited for storage in the refrigerator if used for white wine or to cool decanted red wine that has become too warm. Also, they look great on the table and can be used for water and wine. Read more $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Carafe No25 Height: 175mm and Volume: 350ml. These elegant mouth-blown decanters come in three sizes. Easy to use, pour, store, clean and drain (by inverting onto a tea towel). Well suited for storage in the refrigerator if used for white wine or to cool decanted red wine that has become too warm. Also, they look great on the table and can be used for water and wine. Read more $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Carafe No25 Height: 175mm and Volume: 350ml. These elegant mouth-blown decanters come in three sizes. Easy to use, pour, store, clean and drain (by inverting onto a tea towel). Well suited for storage in the refrigerator if used for white wine or to cool decanted red wine that has become too warm. Also, they look great on the table and can be used for water and wine. Read more $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Carafe No25 Height: 175mm and Volume: 350ml. These elegant mouth-blown decanters come in three sizes. Easy to use, pour, store, clean and drain (by inverting onto a tea towel). Well suited for storage in the refrigerator if used for white wine or to cool decanted red wine that has become too warm. Also, they look great on the table and can be used for water and wine. Read more $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Carafe No25 Height: 175mm and Volume: 350ml. These elegant mouth-blown decanters come in three sizes. Easy to use, pour, store, clean and drain (by inverting onto a tea towel). Well suited for storage in the refrigerator if used for white wine or to cool decanted red wine that has become too warm. Also, they look great on the table and can be used for water and wine. Read more $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Carafe No25 Height: 175mm and Volume: 350ml. These elegant mouth-blown decanters come in three sizes. Easy to use, pour, store, clean and drain (by inverting onto a tea towel). Well suited for storage in the refrigerator if used for white wine or to cool decanted red wine that has become too warm. Also, they look great on the table and can be used for water and wine. Read more $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Carafe No25 Height: 175mm and Volume: 350ml. These elegant mouth-blown decanters come in three sizes. Easy to use, pour, store, clean and drain (by inverting onto a tea towel). Well suited for storage in the refrigerator if used for white wine or to cool decanted red wine that has become too warm. Also, they look great on the table and can be used for water and wine. Read more $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Carafe No25 Height: 175mm and Volume: 350ml. These elegant mouth-blown decanters come in three sizes. Easy to use, pour, store, clean and drain (by inverting onto a tea towel). Well suited for storage in the refrigerator if used for white wine or to cool decanted red wine that has become too warm. Also, they look great on the table and can be used for water and wine. Read more $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added Zalto Carafe No25 Height: 175mm and Volume: 350ml. These elegant mouth-blown decanters come in three sizes. Easy to use, pour, store, clean and drain (by inverting onto a tea towel). Well suited for storage in the refrigerator if used for white wine or to cool decanted red wine that has become too warm. Also, they look great on the table and can be used for water and wine. Read more $86.00 Default Title Add Add to Cart Added “If you’re looking for glasses and your budget tiptoes into hand-blown territory, though, these are, truly, the best I’ve ever used.” Andrew Jefford, Decanter “Buy a set of Zalto wine glasses. A good glass does not just dramatically alter the perception of a wine’s taste and smell, sometimes improving it two or three or more fold, it is also an object of beauty in itself. Zalto are the glasses with which wine pros are currently obsessed.” Victoria Moore, The Telegraph “Its stem was bouncy, balanced and fine as a violin bow, light as a hummingbird’s bones. Its rim was as honed as my favorite knife. This wasn’t merely a wine glass; it was a precision instrument that bordered on the spiritual...” Alice Feiring, alicefeiring.com Other Recent Releases In The Pink – Serious Rosés from Home and Away Rosé’s days as mere summer cameo are well and truly over. Recent years have seen the ca... 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