ZANE HARRIS SPIRITS SPECIALIST, BEVERAGE CONSULTANT, BAR DESIGNER
For almost 2 decades I’ve been working in the spirits industry in one form or another. At the age of 24 I opened my first bar in Seattle, Rob Roy. It’s been listed as Esquire’s top 50 bars on 2 occasions, Playboy’s Top American bars, GQ’s Great American Bar Crawl and featured on Anthony Bourdain’s The Layover. This is largely to do with a bartender exchange program that we started for the sole purpose of sharing information and experience. In 2009 I, along with a few other bartenders, started the large format ice movement that is found in many of the top bars around the world. Six years ago, I moved to New York to help the Milk & Honey family of bars with their ice programs and ended up working with them until going into private consulting.
Riedel Introduces the Collection Continually innovative and at the forefront of design, RIEDEL presents the RIEDEL BAR DRINK SPECIFIC GLASSWARE col- lection, conceived in collaboration with spirits specialist Zane Harris, known for his mixology at cocktail meccas including Dutch Kills, Maison Premiere, and Rob Roy. In union of past and present, this new collection answers the need for cock- tail-specific glassware among restaurants and bars, with six glasses, which have been perfected for thousands of cocktails. The glasses are based off the traditional serves for the seven classic cocktails: The Old Fashioned, Manhattan, Daiquiri, Sour, Peasant, Buck and Julep. Working in partnership with RIEDEL, Harris created each glass giving specific attention to its size, shape, volume and capacity for ice, a concept in its totality never before explored by any glassware brand.
of spirit or cocktail is added. The Nick & Nora glass is famous- ly named after the characters in the timeless thriller “The Thin Man,” – a film remembered for its mystery and it‘s Martini-loving husband and wife detective team. The glass ensures an effort- less and chic sip, delivering the drink without forcing the tilt of the head perfect. Equipped with an outward flared lip, which is essential for the traditional sour, the Sour Glass delivers a silky smoothness to the entire palate, directing the otherwise strong flavor profile to the tip of the tongue, where it will be most en- joyed: all in keeping with RIEDEL’s form-follows-function ethos. “Ice has the greatest influence in glassware design as it is in practically every drink, not just the cocktail,” notes Harris. RIE- DEL BAR DRINK SPECIFIC GLASSWARE glasses are designed to seamlessly answer two of hospitality’s greatest frustrations – liquid displacement and the resulting consumer perception of being underserved. Created to accommodate the industry’s pre- ferred luxury, “large format” ice, as well as standard ice cube dimensions, the glasses effortlessly allow both types to either fall centered or side by side. Ultimately, it is crucial to understand the finest points of luxury hospitality’s classic and trendy serves, by factoring in barten- der efficiency, guest perception and pour cost. We even con- sider carbon footprint reduction in our designs. This is the only line of glassware that combines all of these important issues and gives you peace of mind that these glasses were made with your business in mind.” Each unique glass in the RIEDEL BAR DRINK SPECIFIC GLASSWARE collection is crafted in RIEDEL’s family owned factories. For more information on the collection, visit riedel.com.
“RIEDEL has always been a great proponent in helping to identi- fy and create consumer and hospitality demand for better glass- ware, as we believe that elevating any experience elevates all experiences,” notes RIEDEL CEO and President Maximilian J RIE- DEL. “Every RIEDEL series has resulted from our keen pulse on consumer tastes and a drive for constant innovation to meet these demands. RIEDEL Bar Drink Specific Glassware is no different.” The Highball and Rocks Glasses are specially made for the standard ice cube, as well as for the large format ice; a growing favorite amongst restaurants and bars. The Fizz Glass , with its straight, parallel sides, captures the perfect frothy and pillowy “push-pop” head of foam with its parallel sides in cocktails such as the gin sour. Sized to be cradled in the hand of the imbiber, with ultimate comfort, the Neat Glass is proportionally smaller than the Rocks glass, and so appears full when the ideal amount
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