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The way the story goes, Maximilian Riedel came up with a line of stemless wine glasses when his beautiful Vinum stems wouldn’t fit into the cupboards in his New York kitchen. The “O” series he launched was fun, practical, affordable and solved a common problem.

So what to make of the Aequilibrium wine glass by Audacem? It, too, is stemless, but with a tilted base that comes to a point so it doesn’t sit flat, but rather rolls around, swirling your wine so you don’t have to. Inadequate swirling is not, perhaps, the most pressing concern for most wine drinkers, but there’s no denying that it’s hard to take your eyes off the Aequilibrium in action.

This luxe glass is hand-blown and Italian-designed, crafted in small batches by skilled artisans, designed to enhance the aromas and flavours of wine, and comes with the kind of price tag you would expect (around $120 apiece). 

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