Riedel sponsors the DWWA
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Italy's Angelo Gaja will join Georg Riedel to hold an exclusive wine tasting in the UK Capital later this year.

Italy’s Angelo Gaja will join Georg Riedel to hold an exclusive wine tasting in London to mark the 40th anniversary of Riedel’s Sommeliers Collection later this year.

The celebrated, fourth generation Piedmont producer will partner with Georg Riedel, a tenth generation glassmaker and owner of Riedel Crystal, at the tasting in London’s Vinopolis on September 12.

For £160, guests at the exclusive London tasting will be able to taste three Gaja wines, a Gaia & Rey 2009, Ca’ Marcanda 2008 and Gaja Sperss 2004. They will also receive a Sommeliers glass set worth £315.

Standard tickets cost £110, and include a Vinum XL set instead of the Sommeliers set.

Sommeliers Collection has spent 40 years as the signature Riedel range, since being launched in 1973 as set of

glasses individually designed to pair with different styles of wine.

In 1991, renowned wine critic Robert Parker described Riedel as producer of ‘the finest glasses for both technical and hedonistic purposes’.

Written by Chris Mercer

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Chris Mercer
Chris Mercer

Chris Mercer is a Bristol-based freelance editor and journalist who spent nearly four years as digital editor of Decanter.com, having previously been Decanter’s news editor across online and print.

He has written about, and reported on, the wine and food sectors for more than 10 years for both consumer and trade media.

Chris first became interested in the wine world while living in Languedoc-Roussillon after completing a journalism Masters in the UK. These days, his love of wine commonly tests his budgeting skills.

Beyond wine, Chris also has an MSc in food policy and has a particular interest in sustainability issues. He has also been a food judge at the UK’s Great Taste Awards.