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ZEPHYR Stemware that makes every occasion special! You can long for attractive wine glasses that are a little bit special, can’t you? Glasses for festive occasions that make all occasions festive – glasses that are extraordinarily beautiful. My new design is based on a fine balance between form and the beautiful art of the glassmaker. The idea was to create light, elegant stemware that rises above the table and showcases the drink it contains in sensually-shaped bowls. I had a vision of the glasses being like soap bubbles, sort of hovering on long, slim stems. The glasses are beautifully simple. They don’t need any embellishment – they are extraordinary just as they are. I’m fascinated by the mouldabilty of glass. A skilled glassmaker can blow glass so, so thinly and stretch the stems to make them so, so tall. I gave my friends at Kosta a challenge, which they accepted. They delivered, don’t you think?