Crystal Drinking Glasses

Page Updated: Aug 2020

These stylish crystal drinking glasses are engraved freehand with a variety of African game animals and can be easily be matched with a beautifully engraved crystal decanter.

• They can be supplied individually or in a sets of any number you like, engraved with any animal, bird or portrait design of your choice.
• All these glasses are free-hand engraved, signed and dated.
• Please order early for Christmas. To be sure of delivery before Christmas, please order by October.
• If your order is a gift required by a specific date, please let us know so we can confirm the item can be shipped in time.

If you would like to order any of these engraved crystal glasses, please contact us.

Choosing The Right Wine Glass Shape

Selecting the right shape wine glass for the type of wine you want to serve is important to some wine drinkers. The shape of the glass enhances the taste of a specific wine not only in your mouth but with the aroma you perceive through your nose. This is a basic guide - purists will recommend further different wine glass shapes for tasting different varieties wines, such as Bordeaux or Burgundy.

• Serving your wines in crystal glasses not only is the best for temperature control and enhancing flavour, the colour of the wine is at its finest when viewed through crystal.
• Red wines are best served in a large glass with a fuller, more rounded bowl and wide rim. As with wine decanters, exposing the wine to as much air as possible, allows it to 'breathe'.
• White wines are best served in glasses with a less rounded bowl than for red wine. They have more of a U-shaped, elongated bowl and are more upright. This enhances the aroma but allows it to remain chilled.
• Rose wines can be served in white wine glasses. Wine purists would use a tapered bowl with a slightly flared rim for rose wines.
• Champagne or sparkling wine is best served in narrow flutes which help retain the 'bubbly' effect.
• Fortified wines, such as port, sherry and other dessert wines are best served in small glasses. As these wines are blended a distilled wine, such as brandy, and have a higher alcohol content than regular wine, only a small serving is usually required.

Wine Glass Shapes

The crystal glasses below are for claret wine. There is a wide choice of styles and shapes for custom crystal engraving including sherry glasses, white wine glasses, red wine glasses, burgundy glasses, wine goblets and champagne glasses.

How To Care For Crystal Glasses

• Do not put these glasses in a dishwasher.
• Fully line the bottom of a sink with a dish towel or two, then fill with warm water (not hot) and add a mild dish-washing liquid.
• Wash one glass at a time.
• Rinse with a solution of 3 parts warm water (not hot or cold) and 1 part vinegar.
• Extreme water temperatures can cause cracks or breakage.
• Dry with a soft cotton cloth and return it to its place, carefully. Do not allow the glass to air dry as it encourages calcium, other mineral deposits and hard water build-up that can eventually cause it to become cloudy.
• Instead of using the vinegar and water rinse solution, you can also try a splash or two of ammonia in warm water. This also helps prevent cloudiness and spotting on your glassware.
• Only wash crystal glass that is already at room temperature.
• Don’t refill with with your beverages (or any other liquid) until the pieces have returned to room temperature after cleaning.

African Crystal Wine Glasses

Crystal Spirit Glasses

These whisky glasses are basically tumblers or lowball tumblers which are traditionally designed for drinks such as neat whisky, whisky with a splash and, only if you really must, whisky on the rocks. They can be used for other spirits such as vodka and gin, but these drinks are often served with mixers and ice in long glasses, such as highballs, these days.

Whisky Or Whiskey?

If you are American or Irish, please excuse the spelling of the word 'whisky' used here.

• Whisky refers to Scottish, Canadian or Japanese grain spirits.
• Whiskey refers to grain spirits distilled in Ireland and the United States.

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