Wine Glass: A Documentary

James Suckling had long dreamt of making his own wine glass. Just like a violinist with his favorite Stradivarius, a wine critic's particular glass is the tool of his profession. Indeed, James travels everywhere with the same wine glasses.

Last year, he approached renowned French crystal-maker LALIQUE with his vision of making the perfect wine glass. Together they collaborated and created the LALIQUE James Suckling 100 POINTS Universal Wine Glass.

The idea was to make a glass that could be used for all wines. The response was overwhelming. But people wanted more glasses. They wanted a Champagne glass. They wanted a Bordeaux glass. They wanted a Burgundy glass. They even wanted a whisky glass.

So James decided to go one step further. He decided to combine his more than 30 years of experience as a wine critic with the 100-year-old expertise of LALIQUE and see what it would take to create an entire glass collection.

Visiting the LALIQUE factory he uncovers the craftsmanship, history and above all passion of the people whose families have been working with crystal for generations. Together with James' knowledge of wine it's this that leads to the conclusion you'll see of this mini-documentary, "Wine Glass". The LALIQUE James Suckling 100 Points Collection.

[BrendanIhmig]

I love how a true passion for wine always extends beyond the wine itself and into every aspect of the wine experience. Great job.

[Derrick]

 I feel like now your contradicting yourself with the universal glass.  Why make a whole collection if you only need one?  Why make a Bordeaux glass and a Burgundy glass if you're gonna get the same aromas and palate stimulation / taste as you say with your universal glass.  (I know the more different glasses you make the more sales happen the more money you make we know that)  Riedel swears up and down on each glass and shape for each grape Varietal specific.  Like how can your universal glass work on an Montrachet Chardonnay and get those same aromas and tastes as Riedel's Montrachet Chardonnay glass?  I think a good video would be putting them to the test your universal glass vs Riedel's top 5 most popular glass which would be Bordeaux / Cabernet, Syrah, Pinot Noir / Burgundy, Riesling / Sauvignon  Blanc, and Montrachet Chardonnay glass.  I hope to hear from you soon.

[jakeellsworth]

an infomercial so pretentious it calls itself a documentary, I drink my wine straight out the bag like everyone else