Discover Zalto
The Ultimate Vessel for the Vine
To hold a Zalto glass is to change your relationship with wine forever. Feather-light and balanced with mathematical precision, the Denk'Art collection is designed not just to hold wine, but to liberate its bouquet and flavor. Discover the glass that sommeliers and enthusiasts worldwide call the "perfect vessel"—where the boundary between the wine and the taster virtually disappears.
Light as a feather
Experience the ultimate lightness with Zalto's paper-thin crystal. The weightless elegance of the glass removes the barrier between you and the wine, creating a more intense and undisturbed tasting experience. A masterpiece of precision that makes the glass feel as one with the wine.
Exceptional Aroma
The unique angles of the Zalto glass are crafted to liberate the wine's bouquet. The wide surface area and precise shape highlight every nuance of the aroma, providing a deeper and more complex olfactory experience. It is designed to let the wine breathe perfectly, allowing every detail of the flavor to emerge clearly.
Artisanal
Each Zalto glass is a unique piece of mouth-blown craftsmanship, created by the world's most skilled glassblowers. By combining proud traditions with modern precision, we ensure a quality and finish that machines can never replicate. It is not just a glass, but a testament to ultimate dedication to true artisanal skill.
A new millennium, a new world of glasses
After nearly 200 years of perfectioning the glass-blowing techniques in the quiet, Zalto reaches its historical peak in 2006 with the presentation of the current collection Denk’Art. In the beginning of the new millennium Zalto wanted to invent something extraordinary, something new, something the world never had seen before. Zalto developed the collection in the years from 2001 to 2004 in close cooperation with the Austrian priest and wine expert Hans Denk.
Alongside his work as a priest Hans Denk has for over 30 years studied and tasted wines, and he is known as one of the most inspirational and valued wine experts in the world. Together with the best wine farmers in Austria, Denk was one of the main architects behind the new Zalto collection. Denk instructed the glassmakers in the creation of each bowl to evoke all the proper qualities in the glass suitable for the type of wine, the glass is made for.
The Art of Handcrafted Perfection
To hold a Zalto glass is to change your relationship with wine forever. Each piece is mouth-blown by master glassblowers, combining Renaissance-era artistry with mathematical precision to achieve a level of refinement that machine-made glasses cannot match.
The Denk'Art collection is designed to liberate the wine’s bouquet and flavor. Its paper-thin crystal makes the boundary between the wine and the taster virtually disappear, creating a superior sensory experience. From the first touch, you will understand why enthusiasts worldwide call Zalto the "perfect vessel".
The human touch in every Zalto glass
At Zalto, the human component is our most vital asset. Every glass is born from the coordinated efforts of master glassblowers who have refined their ability to shape glowing crystal with ultimate control over decades.
Where machines produce uniformity, human hands create soul and character. From the first blow to the delicate attachment of the stem and base, each glass stands as a testament to a dedication to perfection that you can feel the moment you lift it.
Engineered for the Palate
Beyond the artistry, the mouth-blown process serves a functional purpose. Handcrafted bowls possess a microscopically unique surface structure that creates a larger surface area than machine-made glass, allowing the wine to express itself more fully.
Unlike a mechanical watch—where complexity is the art—the beauty of a Zalto glass lies in its seamless, joint-free design. By removing every distraction, we ensure that the focus remains entirely on the wine, allowing the glass to become a transparent bridge between the vintage and the taster.
The Zalto Denk'Art collection has taken the world with admiration and surprise
Not only praised and adored by wine experts around the world, Zalto won in 2009 one the most comprehensive and independent glass tests of the world's finest wine glassware. Stern magazine of Germany organized this testing by inviting all of the most important and influencing glassware producers in the world to nominate their finest glasses, and furthermore they joined the professional judging jury. Moreover a panel of the finest wine sommeliers and wine loving non-professionals were a part of the jury. Blindfolded and equipped with gloves the jury tasted 3 wines out of 10 different glasses. The result was definitely the true breakthrough for Zalto: Zalto won in all 3 categories: "Riesling" where Zalto White Wine Glass won, "Burgundy" where Zalto Burgundy Glass won, and "Bordeaux" where Zalto Bordeaux Glass won. A huge achievement for Zalto that since the very creation of the Zalto glasses strived for one thing: To be the best wine glass in the world.
