Zalto Universal Glass

The Zalto family have been glassmakers for six generations and produce high quality mouth-blown glasses from Neunagelberg, Austria. The distinctive Zalto glass design features an fine, elegant stem and an angular bowl shape, inspired by the angles of the earth (24°, 48° and 72° - the tilt angles of the earth).

The ancient Romans utilised angles in the design of their food storage vessels and discovered that food tasted better and stayed fresher for longer when stored in these special containers. "Due to these cosmic parallels, we believe that a wine can reach its utmost potential in a Denk`Art glass, developing everything that is possible on the nose as well as on palate, due to these cosmic parallels." - Zalto.

The German stern magazine issued the invitations, and they all came. The ten most important glassworks in Europe, including Riedel, Zwiesel, Stölzle and Lobmeyer, were represented and their stemware underwent an extensive blind tasting. The result? First place for Zalto Denk’Art Glassware for the each one of three specified categories - Riesling, Burgundy and Bordeaux.

This was very likely the most professional and comprehensive evaluation of wine glasses ever undertaken. A jury of prominent specialists, consisting of ten well-known sommeliers, journalists and the producers themselves (among others, Georg Riedel, Eberhard Eisch, Gerhard Frank from Zwiesel Kristallglas), donned blindfolds and white gloves. Overseen by an enthusiastic high magistrate on holiday from the bench, they—fully independently—framed their verdict. Zalto was represented by their White Wine glass, their Burgundy glass and their Bordeaux glass—and crowned as the master in each class.