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...GEORG RIEDEL Austrian crystal glassmaker...
...easy enough to recognize a classic Riedel wineglass: pure and elegant lines, soap-bubble delicacy, flawless clarity, perfect balance in the hand. What's not so easy, for the uninitiated, is to identify the dozens of shapes and sizes that have made Riedel glasses the uncontested favorite of winemakers and wine lovers around the world. Riedel's Sommelier collection, for instance, includes 33 different lead-crystal glasses, each one designed for a specific type of wine or grape variety...
...Riedel family glassmaking tradition dates back 10 generations, to 17th century Bohemia. The present-day design concept is basic Bauhaus: form follows function, in this case a form that brings out the best in its contents and can even help disguise a fault or two. The volume and shape of the bowl, the thickness of the crystal and the rim's outward flare or inward curve and finish all help determine which of a wine's several layers of aromas develops first or most fully. It was Claus Riedel, designer and ninth-generation owner of the family firm, who first...
...given her a lumpectomy and then she had suffered a recurrence? Losing my breast was a sad experience, but I have learned that my breast was not the focus of my femininity and sexual appeal. I am now a precious woman for having courageously battled cancer. CYNTHIA S. RIEDEL Richfield, Minn...
...Medley Relay--1. Penn State (Riedel, Mokse, Maximo, Whitner), 1:52, 13:2. Harvard (Calvert, Wilson, Greis, Black), 1:54.74 (Harvard record) 1000 Freestyle--1 Floyd (H), 10:29. 77:2. Post (P), 10:29. 82:3. Gildan (H), 10:39.83. 100 Individual Medley--1. Quinn (P), 1:01. 33:2. Smith (H). 1:02. 24: 3. Welsh (P), 1:02.95 200 Freestyle--1. Tomokins (P), 1:54.57:2. Calvert(H), 1:56.68:Floyd(H) 1:57.65. 100 Backstroke--1, Riedel(P), 1:01.34:2 Sullivan (P), 1:03.59:3 Rentoumis (H), 1:04,04, 100 Breaststroke--1. Leeshock...