Tuesday night saw Taste kick off it’s first Riedel event in our new surrounds. Under the back drop of heavy wooden trusses of yesteryear , and the smokey scent of freshly hung shoulders of prosciutto Managing Director of Riedel Australia, Mark Balderstone informed, delighted and surprised even some of the most cynical in the crowd, and there were numerous lawyers.

At the insistence of a James Street local we pulled together a savvy group of sippers including the likes of Glen Allen Atkins GM of the Guide Dogs Queensland, BMW’s ageless glamour GM Antoinette Yerbury …, James St Stalwart and everyone’s friend, David Liddy, a Lord and a Lady who will remain nameless but gorgeous, my father from WA, Michael Dirty Wilson and Brisbane’s most eligible bachelor Will Griffin, but his girlfriend just might pull him up on that one.

Special thanks to our long term Taste customers who patronised the night, some even going so far as to claim it was by far their best Riedel night to date.

What is all the fuss about…well its worth sitting in on a glass tasting experience because in all the ones I’ve been involved with, there hasn’t been a person I am aware of that wasn’t impressed or noted the difference the right or specific glass can make to a wine..turning a $20 wine into much more. Riedel is an investment in what you don’t spend on expensive wine at the bottle shop.

Mark, our host, made the point that Taste supports the Riedel brand by offering an excellent and extensive range of Riedel. So if you are looking for something that exudes class and on the same hand actually get used and appreciated then be sure to look at our range of Riedel glasses. Jump onto our facebook page for photos of the evening.

and PS..its pronounced Riedel as in Needle…, stop trying to be posh..you’ve got it wrong.