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Category: Glassware
LSA International
Happy hour…
Whether it’s wine, beer, a cocktail or another cold beverage, there’s nothing quite like a relaxing drink at the end of a busy week. We look at some of the stunning glassware options just ready and waiting for happy hour.
No matter your drink preference, there is always a sense of enjoyment when served a drink at your favourite bar or restaurant. As the liquid pours over your lips, tantalizes your taste buds and you savour the refreshing feeling, it’s easy to forget the glass you are drinking from. Good glassware will always make the beverage the hero, but it can always be stylish while it achieves that goal.
When it comes to wine, shape has an impact on flavour, and it can’t be a matter of style over substance – the two should go hand-in-hand. Verbelle from Zwiesel Glas is a nine-piece gourmet glass series that makes the hearts of wine lovers and connoisseurs beat faster. With its thinwalled bowl, refined stem and wide bottom plate, the high-quality machine-made series appears virtually handmade. Developed with experienced sommeliers for maximum sensory refinement, the glasses perfectly bring out the bouquet of different grape varieties - for pure enjoyment and unparalleled hospitality. The perfectly balanced Motive range is contemporary and bold. With its dramatically angled bowl and narrow aperture it is ideal for robust wines as the beautifully tapered chimney helps to concentrate the aromas and reveal their harmonies. Bringing an understated sense of contemporary luxury to the table, the silhouette radiates style and modernity. Feather light but strong and crystal clear with a brilliant shine this balance of ultra- ne delicacy and durable stability is what sets the sommelier approved Elia Fine Crystal Collection apart. The sky is the limit for cocktail creations and mixologists are always looking to create something new, and it helps when they have the right glassware to show off their handiwork. LSA International are utilising balloon shapes for some of their glassware options, including stylish gin balloon and rum balloon glasses. While the Quinn range of tumblers from Blue Pheasant is perfect for craft cocktails, with its effervescent finish and choice of colours including olive, pink, storm grey or clear.
In addition to cocktails, tumblers have always been
useful for mixed drinks or soft drinks and is often an area restaurants and bars can have a bit more fun with the glassware, introducing colours and textures or other effects. A tropical banana-leaf pattern dances across the hand-blown Peyton glassware from Blue Pheasant. The range is available in two neutral
finishes, pink or clear glass, and they may be mixed and matched to inspire a casually elegant table setting. While Zwiesel Glas have a three-piece tumbler series, Melody, that brings modern glass design and a unique style to every bar with its bottom star.
