All our Wine Glasses, Glassware for wine and our Wine Glass Matching Decor Accessories are made at the Cristiro factory in Transylvania, Romania. The artists and artisans who craft such beautiful products combine hundreds of years of experience and dedication to ensure that only the finest glassware is produced for your total wine experience.

We group our Glassware into COLLECTIONS. Each collection has it's own special characteristics to add to your individual Wine Experience.

Each Wine Glass and Wine Glass matching Decor Accessory is a piece of art created by a true artisan. GLASS BLOWING is the art of creating an object from molten glass by blowing air into it utilizing a tube. The ARTISAN collects molten glass from a special oven onto the tip of his blow rod, being careful to accumulate just the right amount for the piece to be blown. The glass in the oven takes days to melt (the oven is never turned off). Each piece of glassware is then blown to the proper thickness and shape and, depending on the collection, other glass elements are added. When the glass is just right it is allowed to cool.

After the glass is cooled, other craftsmen engrave and paint the vivid colors of the collections pattern using different colored lustre and 24k gold. One last firing ensures the color will last a long, long time.

A tribute to clean, colorless crystal, The Afterglow Collection features an elegant etched pattern.  After the glass form is created from molten glass by an artisan, it is then allowed to cool. The matte finish at the bottom of each piece is then created when the glass is dipped into an acidic substance causing the glass to be "frosted" yet smooth. Each individual piece then goes on to etching stations where craftsmen etch the lined pattern into the glass. The engraved swirl into the bowl brings out a very modern look.

After the glass blowing artisan has shaped the molten glass, the glass is cooled. It is then sent onto etching stations where the grape pattern is cut by hand into the glass. Different craftsmen cut the different pieces of the etching: one person etches the grapes, another the vine, and yet another the leaves. When the glass etching is complete, the glass is polished and sent to the painting station. Here the etchings are painted by hand, using natural luster and real gold. Once the piece is in its final shape, it is fired one more time to ensure long-lasting strength, durability and color.

The Georgio Collection is also made of colorless lead free crystal that has a high refractive index and consequantly is particularly brilliant. The Georgio Collection however has a very strong stem made from amber colored glass. This collection features a classic grape design hand etched and hand painted with gold accents.

The Milano Collection provokes the mind and stimulates the eyes with its unpredictable swirl design, and "stained glass" like finish. To apply the intricate cobalt glass pattern, one craftsman rotates the blob of glass on its axis while another dabs a rod into molten cobalt and spins a thin strand of the material onto the lower portion of the piece. The piece is then blown to the proper thickness and shape by mouth. After it is cooled, another craftsman paints the vivid colors within the pattern using different colored luster and 24k gold. The piece is then fired one more time to ensure that the color will last a long, long time. This creative process is time consuming and very demanding.   All this to produce a unique work of art for you wine pleasure.

A perfectly Modernistic design, The Roxi Collection's cubic motif was created by the artist Roxana Maria Cebanu.  Each piece is created individually by hand from lead free crystal. After the glass form is created by the artisan and allowed to cool, it then goes on to etching stations. Here the glass' design is etched into the vessel by a craftsman. In addition, each piece is also personalized with the artist's signature to ensure authenticity.