Italesse Etoile Standard Noir Red Wine Glass in a Box of 6The Noir Wine Glass, part of the Etoile Collection from Italesse, has a perfectly slender design with a superbly tapered bowl which serves to fully accentuate the character of full-bodied, expressive wines, both young and mature, that require particular oxygenation. This Crystalline stem glass is manufactured using Xtreme technology that is extraordinarily light, elegant, easy to handle and yet extremely durable. The Etoile Collection is the result of a joint collaboration between Italesse and the Maitres Cuisiniers de France. Mouth blown, the original Etoile range was too expensive for general restaurant and home use so the Maitres Cuisiniers de France approached Italesse asking if they could take the perfect attributes of the Etoile glasses into a more mass produced environment without compromising the design. The mission was certainly not easy especially given the extremely high demands and expectations of the French masters.