In 1973, in Orvieto, Italy, Claus Riedel presented the world's first gourmet glass series developed with the help of the Association of Italian Sommeliers. The series consisted of 10 sizes. Since then the world of wine has changed radically. Today, regions and continents are producing wines that, 30 years ago, were unknown or didn't even exist. The Riedel Sommeliers series has been further developed by Claus' son, Georg, into an all-embracing state-of-the-art wine glass collection.

Thanks to worldwide demand, Riedel 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. Riedel glass-makers invest their considerable talent, their know-how and meticulous craftsmanship in making glasses of a most impeccable quality. The Sommeliers series are produced in over 24% lead crystal.