And yet, most of us cannot afford to purchase a wine stem for every grape varietal (currently Riedel offers wine glasses for everything from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to Riesling and Cabernet Sauvignon).
The star varietal is malbec, a red wine made from the malbec grape that is native to Bordeaux but actually thrives better in the high-altitude terrain of Mendoza than anywhere else in the world.