Alba Grand 510ml Plimsoll Red Wine Taster

Description

This is the largest taster in the Alba range, designed around big, structured reds like Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon that need real oxygen contact before they're ready to assess. Sparkx crystal keeps the material consistent with the rest of the range, offering colour-neutral clarity for accurate tasting. Above the 150ml certified line, there's a generous aromatic headspace, with custom branding fitting cleanly on the lower bowl. Capacity comes to 510ml.

Sparkx Crystal Material: Sparkx crystal is a high-tech, lead-free glass developed to deliver complete colour neutrality and outstanding optical brilliance, giving tasters an accurate read on a wine's exact hue and clarity. Its formulation was shaped through direct collaboration with sommeliers and tasting professionals, rather than adapted from standard glassware. The result is a material built with precision tasting as the primary goal.

Measure Line (150ml): A Plimsoll line is a calibrated pour line etched or printed onto glassware, marking an exact serve level, originally borrowed from the shipping industry where it indicated safe loading limits. On this glass, the single horizontal line sits at 150ml, helping staff serve a standard wine measure every time. It's a small detail that makes portion control effortless for busy venues.

Maximum Aeration Space: The expansive bowl on this taster creates a significantly larger wine surface area than a standard tasting glass, allowing bold, complex red wines such as Shiraz or Cabernet Sauvignon to interact deeply with oxygen. A vast aromatic headspace remains above the 150ml fill point, giving concentrated aroma plenty of room to build. It's a shape suited to wines that demand extended aeration.

Dishwasher Endurance: Testing confirms this glass can handle over 2,000 industrial dishwasher cycles before showing any signs of clouding or reduced brilliance. That kind of longevity matters for venues where glassware goes through wash cycles daily, cutting down on replacement costs over time. It's built to keep performing at a professional standard well beyond typical glassware lifespans.

Features

• Material: Sparkx Crystal
• Capacity: 510ml
• Bowl Shape: Widest In Range
• Pour Marking: 150ml Line
• Headspace: Maximum Aroma Room
• Wash Rating: 2000+ Cycles
• Sommelier-Developed Design
• Popular With Fine Dining
• Pad Printing (Not Dishwasher Safe)
• Laser Etching (Dishwasher Safe)
• Packaging: Bulk Packed

Branding Options

There are three ways we can brand this glassware, and the right one depends on how it will be used and washed.

Pad Printing is our standard method and the pricing shown on this page. The logo is pad printed onto the glass and cured in a low fire oven. Pad printed glasses are hand wash only and not dishwasher safe.

Decal Printing is the upgrade for commercial use. The decal is fired in a high temperature kiln, which fuses it to the glass and makes it guaranteed dishwasher safe. It costs more than pad printing, so contact our sales team for a price.

Laser Etching is also priced on this page. The logo is etched into the surface for a permanent frosted finish that's dishwasher safe and will never fade.