Zalto Question (Again)

[Jayson_Cohen]

The GGG is lighter and for whatever reason less prone to breakage. In side by side tasting I prefer the GGG. I have also had numerous friends ask me where they can purchase them and most are not wine geeks.

I knocked one over yesterday. Not for the first time. No problem. They seem delicate but are surprisingly resilient. Very happy with mine.

[Tom_K]

If you could only purchased one style of Zalto glasses (Universal, Bordeaux, or Burgundy) to use on a daily basis to drink a variety of reds, which would you suggest? I drink mostly Grenache/Syrah, Pinot noir, then cab based wines. I do have a set of Riedal burgundy stems.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

I’d do the Bordeaux. I wasn’t really expecting to love them, but they they are the glass I reach for more than any other.

+1

[PaulMills]

I have the Bordeaux and Universals. I almost always use the Bordeaux for white and red.

[J.Vizuete]

Does anyone else find the GG bowl a bit too small? I just need more than 16 oz to get the aromas going. Admittedly, zalto burgs are huge and thus good primarily for detecting aromatic subtlety. I’ve used zalto universal a number of times and liked them. Similar to Neal, I can’t imagine how one would want anything lighter, but I think its bowl is over 20 oz.

[David_Glasser]

Universal.

Use your Riedel Burgs for Pinot and the Zalto Universals for everything else, including Champagne.

[Pat_Martin]

Love the zalto Bordeaux for all reds.

[alan_weinberg]

If you’re looking for light and sturdy you should consider the Gabriel Glas Gold, which is lighter than and very similar shape to the Zalto Universal. The GG Gold is 95 grams, the Zalto Universal is 100 grams. The GG Gold is more sturdy despite being lighter, based on comments of folks that have banged both around. They’re both lead free glass…haven’t seen anyone say what they’re made of tho.

On the shape, I prefer the universal style.

my Zalto Universal weighs 113 gm, my Gabriel gold 85.5 gm.

[Eric_Lundblad]

Thanks for the correction Alan! Do you agree that the GG Gold is sturdier than the Zalto?

[YLee]

Does anyone else find the GG bowl a bit too small? I just need more than 16 oz to get the aromas going. Admittedly, zalto burgs are huge and thus good primarily for detecting aromatic subtlety. I’ve used zalto universal a number of times and liked them. Similar to Neal, I can’t imagine how one would want anything lighter, but I think its bowl is over 20 oz.

The GGG is 16oz. And Zalto Uni is 18oz.
The Zalto Uni’s bowl is slightly longer. That’s where the extra 2oz. comes from. My thinking is since nobody is going to fill the bowl full, it should be the same or similar amount of wine poured into the glass.

I went with the GGG because it allows my nose to be closer to the wine (since shorter bowl length) when smelling and drinking so I can get more of the fragrance.
Also, I was able to get 12 GGG for almost the same price of 6 Zalto Uni.

[alan_weinberg]

Thanks for the correction Alan! Do you agree that the GG Gold is sturdier than the Zalto?

I am not sure yet—fortunately haven’t broken any. But Riedels break.

[Nathan_V]

The GGG is lighter and for whatever reason less prone to breakage. In side by side tasting I prefer the GGG. I have also had numerous friends ask me where they can purchase them and most are not wine geeks.

I knocked one over yesterday. Not for the first time. No problem. They seem delicate but are surprisingly resilient. Very happy with mine.

I like the Zalto bdx for almost eveything; however, I was thinking of replacing my white/champagne glasses (although for most whites I use the Zalto bdx) with GGG. What do you think of that strategy?

[MChang]

Seems like a good choice.

[Jayson_Cohen]

The GGG is lighter and for whatever reason less prone to breakage. In side by side tasting I prefer the GGG. I have also had numerous friends ask me where they can purchase them and most are not wine geeks.

I knocked one over yesterday. Not for the first time. No problem. They seem delicate but are surprisingly resilient. Very happy with mine.

I like the Zalto bdx for almost eveything; however, I was thinking of replacing my white/champagne glasses (although for most whites I use the Zalto bdx) with GGG. What do you think of that strategy?

I’m happy with how whites and Champagne show in GGG but I can’t claim to have done an extensive side by side with the other lead candidates.

[Russ_Williams]

The GGG is lighter and for whatever reason less prone to breakage. In side by side tasting I prefer the GGG. I have also had numerous friends ask me where they can purchase them and most are not wine geeks.

I knocked one over yesterday. Not for the first time. No problem. They seem delicate but are surprisingly resilient. Very happy with mine.

I like the Zalto bdx for almost eveything; however, I was thinking of replacing my white/champagne glasses (although for most whites I use the Zalto bdx) with GGG. What do you think of that strategy?

Great strategy, but once you get some try them with different reds and let us know what you think.