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Store Hours: Mon to Wed: 10:30 to 6:30 Thurs & Fri: 10:30 to 8:00 Saturday: 10:30 to 6:30 Sunday: Noon to 6:00 We are located in the cellar of the Historic Alberta Hotel Building 137 - 8th Ave. SW Calgary, AB T2P 1B4 T: 503.0730 F:261.9641 email: info@cellarwinestore.com click for a map You must be 18 years old or over to purchase alcohol. The Cellar can only ship wine, spirits, glasses, and other breakables within Calgary. |
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 The Shape of a glass as an instrument of Pleasure Claus Riedel (9th Riedel Generation) changed the world of wine with this revolutionary concept of functional stemware. He led the way for increased wine enjoyment. He was the first in history to recognize the effect of a glass shape on the perception and drinking pleasure of alcoholic beverages. Over 40 years ago he detected that the same wine tasted dissimilar out of different glasses. George Riedel (10th generation) further developed the concept. He discovered that the content commands the shape, whose consequence was: the correct choice of glass enhances the favors of wines. The delivery of a wine’s “message”, its bouquet and taste, depend on the form of the glass. It is the responsibility of a glass to convey the wine’s messages in the best to the human senses. Riedel offers the finest instruments when it comes to enjoying wine and spirits. The extensive range is layered by sophistication and price category. Riedel provides the world’s only “Vitrum-Vinothek”. By creating glasses that deliver the typical components of a great variety, highlighting the balanced flavors, maximizing the fruit, integrating acidity or tannins into the overall pleasure of wine”. The findings and work of two generations are reflected in the designs of Riedel’s gourmet glass lines. -- reprinted from Riedel 
In 1973, in Orvieto, Claus Riedel presented the world’s first gourmet glass series developed with the help of the association of Italian Sommeliers (ASI). The series consisted of 10 sizes. Since then the world of wine has changed radically. Today, regions and continents are producing wines that didn’t exist or were unknown 25 years ago. The Sommeliers series was developed further by his son Georg, into an all embracing state-of-the-art wine glass collection. Praised in 1991 by Robert Parker, Jr., publisher of The Wine Advocate, as “The finest glasses for both technical and hedonistic purposes are those made by Riedel. The effect of these glasses on fine wine is profound. I cannot emphasize enough what a difference they make”. Thanks to worldwide demand, Sommeliers is now the wineglass benchmark and the most successful series of hand-made glasses in the world. Each glass is individually made: The upper parts blown into a mould, the stem and base hand-crafted using methods developed at the time of Christ’s Birth. Our glass-makers invest their talent, know-how and meticulous craftsmanship in making glasses of the impeccable quality our consumers expect. Sommeliers are executed in over 24% Lead Crystal. -- reprinted from Riedel 
Introduced in 1986, Vinum was the first machine made series of glasses in history to be based exclusively on the characteristics of grape variety. Vinum, functional, high in quality, reasonably priced and widely distributed, has had a permanent impact on the Globe’s wine glass culture. These glasses have proved to consumers and restaurateurs that the pleasure of consuming wine starts with the glass. The Vinum collection, developed by Georg Riedel on the principle that the content commands the shape, is the Vitrum-Vinothek” for every day use. Vinum is made of over 24% Lead Crystal.  Vinum Extreme is the latest development in Riedel’s machine made “Gourmet Glass Concept”. The inspiration for this development can be attributed to three factors: 1) The steady improvement in wine quality, to more dense, more concentrated and more perfect wines, which they call for the development of new shapes; 2) To translate a wine message, in a perfect way; 3) To the progress that has been made in the features and quality of machine production. |
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