Eclat Lady Diamond

The two wine glasses differ mainly in range. Fill the 19 cl bowl halfway; it is meant for white wine that needs to stay cool, and you empty it sooner, which works in your favour. The 27 cl model gives red wine more air and leaves room above the wine so the aroma gathers in the bowl.

For the rest of the table, choose by capacity. The 15 cl flute holds on to the bubbles for a long time, the 27 cl tumbler is the size for water and whisky, and the 36 cl long drink glass has the height you need to fit ice, tonic and a garnish without the glass being filled to the brim.

Always pick up a stemmed glass by that stem, because your hand warms the wine and fingerprints stand out all the more on cut glass. Pour wine up to the widest point of the bowl and no higher, so you can swirl without spilling.

Fill the long drink glass completely with ice first and only then with the drink. A lot of ice melts more slowly than a little, so your drink stays cold without becoming watery. A gin and tonic comes into its own in it. The flute is the shape for a kir royal, with the crème de cassis at the bottom and the wine topped up carefully.

Lady Diamond is made from clear soda-lime glass: sturdy enough for daily use and dishwasher safe. The cut facets do call for care when loading. Place the glasses apart from one another in the rack, because glass tapping against glass damages the edges of the relief first.

Rinsing with hot water and drying with a linen cloth keeps the facets clear. Limescale settles precisely in the grooves.

To see what else this manufacturer makes, take a look at the glasses by Eclat. If you are only after a wine glass of this size and the cut work appeals to you less, you will find alternatives among the white wine glasses, and everything with bubbles is gathered under the champagne flutes. The individual shapes from this range have their own overview among the tumblers and the long drink glasses, where you can set them beside other brands.