Did Riedel purchase Spigelau?

in article snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com, Dick R. at snipped-for-privacy@visi.com wrote on 4/19/05 9:10 AM:

You're not dreaming.

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... and will they henceforth be known as Riedelau?

Nils Gustaf

Does anyone even care?

If Spiegelau is going to cost as much as Riedel then some people will

" `Good evening, Comrades. Let us smoke.' General G. took out a packet of Moskwa-Volga cigarettes and lit one with an American Zippo lighter. There was a clicking of lighters round the table."

-- Ian Fleming, _From Russia with Love_ (1957).

I just hope they don't start making Spigelaus more breakable. That seems to be the catch with Riedel's thin stems. They sell more that way, but no longer to me.

If they make Spigelaus more fragile or raise the price substantially, I'll be searching for another maker, or maybe I should make my own ...

I personally think the range of sizes and shapes today is ridiculous. If someone came along with good, tougher glasses, like Spigelau today, with a more limited line, I think they could own the upper end restaurant market (like Spigelau does today). Production costs might be the clincher though, but once you overcome economies of scale ...

Rubbish, sorry. Making thinner stems would increase production costs substantially und would mean higher prices - and lesser sales. I don't see any rationale in this strategy.

M.

No, higher sales. If you increase breakage you increase sales, unless the customer gets wise and buys a stronger glass. Then they go down. Who knows what their production is like. I'm sure they ironed the kinks out of it over time.