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We went wine tasting a few weeks ago in Napa and made quite possibly the greatest discovery in barware that I had to share with the hive!  Mr. Penguin and I are blessed/cursed with impossibly hard counter tops, and since moving into our place, we’ve broken/destroyed lots of our plates and glasses.  One slip of the hand and its the end of the line for our Ikea balloon wine glasses…they’ve treated us so well, and there we go, smashing them to bits.

One of the wineries we visited had the most beautiful wine glasses, and I asked to know what brand of glass they were.

Our pourer immediately started banging the glasses up against a metal bar. We all kind of freaked out a little bit. Why would you do a silly thing like that with beautiful wine glasses?

Apparently, because you can. The crystal glasses were manufactured by Schott Zwiesel using special additives such as titanium, giving the glasses an incredible strength to stand up against even the most brutal wine glass owners. Above all, the crystal glasses are lead-free.

The line that the Sequoia Winery carries is my favorite, the “Pure Tritan” series.

The cost of the glasses are on par with most nice crystal glasses (6 for $70) only these are built to withstand all the drunken abuse that the Penguins can dole out. This means that you can bring out the nice crystal whenever you want, not just for “special occasions.” Neato!

I can’t seem to find any major retailers that carry them, but they’re available at Cooking.com and a lot of other specialty stores online. Even Overstock.com carries a decent selection at a discount! Look for the “Tritan” series for the break resistant crystal.

All images from Cooking.com