Barware & Crystal Brand Guidelines: Crystal Houses, Wine Glasses and Bar Tools
Forty-nine brand guides to the bar — crystal houses, wine and whisky glasses, cocktail tools and wine accessories.
Barware runs from centuries-old crystal houses to bartender-founded tool brands. These guides set out who owns each name, with honest caveats where the record is thin.
Crystal houses and their owners
Saint-Louis, the 1586 French glassworks, is owned by Hermès; Lalique by Silvio Denz; Orrefors, the 1898 Swedish glassworks behind the Nobel Banquet service, by New Wave Group; and Spiegelau and Nachtmann belong to the Riedel group — Riedel being the family crystal house that invented varietal-specific wine glasses. Duralex, maker of the Picardie tumbler, is now an employee-owned co-op.
Glasses for one job
Several guides cover glasses designed for a single purpose: the Glencairn whisky glass, which its guide calls the standard for tasting whisky; Zalto’s Denk’Art bowls; Gabriel-Glas’s universal wine glass; and Norlan’s double-walled whisky glass.
How to use these guides
Each guide covers who owns the name today, where the products are made — by the maker’s own account and, where it differs, by other sources — and the brand’s visual identity. A company’s description of itself is attributed to the company, and where a business has closed we say so plainly. The table at the end gathers the essentials.
Bar and wine
Cocktail Kingdom, Riedel, Coravin, Zalto, Glencairn, Elevated Craft and Waterford.
- Cocktail Kingdom — The premier maker of professional bar tools born from cocktail-book reprints, its gold-and-black palette, and honest caveats.
- Riedel — The family crystal house that invented varietal-specific wine glasses, its clear-crystal minimalism, honest ownership, and caveats.
- Coravin — The wine-preservation technology that pours through the cork using argon, its premium tech palette, and honest caveats.
- Zalto — The Austrian mouth-blown crystal of the Denk’Art line, its 24/48/72-degree bowls, cult sommelier status, and honest caveats.
- Glencairn — The Scottish crystal house whose 2001 nosing glass became the standard for tasting whisky, its amber palette, and honest caveats.
- Elevated Craft — The crowdfunded, design-led barware brand of the vacuum-insulated Hybrid Shaker, its industrial palette, and honest caveats.
- Waterford — The Irish luxury cut-crystal house of the Lismore pattern and the Times Square Ball, its prestige palette, honest ownership, and caveats.
Glasses and tools
Zwiesel Glas, Spiegelau, Nachtmann, Norlan, Gabriel-Glas, Denver & Liely and Crafthouse.
- Zwiesel Glas — The Bavarian glass house behind break-resistant Tritan crystal, its durable-modern palette, honest ownership, and caveats.
- Spiegelau — The 1521 Bavarian glass house famous for beer-style-specific glasses, its amber palette, Riedel-group ownership, and caveats.
- Nachtmann — The Bavarian house of decorative machine-pressed crystal (Noblesse, Punk), its prismatic palette, Riedel-group ownership, and caveats.
- Norlan — The design-led double-walled whisky glass by Sruli Recht, its Nordic-minimal palette, honest caveats, and the science story.
- Gabriel-Glas — The Austro-Swiss “one glass for all wines” universal glass by René Gabriel, its minimal palette, and honest caveats.
- Denver & Liely — The Melbourne design duo behind one obsessively perfected glass per spirit, its warm-minimalist palette, and honest caveats.
- Crafthouse — Pro cocktail tools designed by champion bartender Charles Joly, its stainless palette, and honest caveats.
Crystal and everyday glass
Baccarat, Saint-Louis, Lalique, Orrefors, Duralex, Libbey and Bormioli Rocco.
- Baccarat — The French crystal house behind gold-fused “Baccarat red” and the Harcourt 1841 glass, its clear-crystal-and-gold palette, honest ownership, and caveats.
- Saint-Louis — The 1586 French glassworks (first continental crystal, 1781) known for coloured overlay crystal and paperweights, its jewel-tone palette, Hermès ownership, and caveats.
- Lalique — The French house founded by jeweler-turned-glassmaker René Lalique, known for frosted sculptural crystal, its frost-and-opaline palette, Silvio Denz ownership, and caveats.
- Orrefors — The 1898 Swedish glassworks behind the Graal technique and the Nobel Banquet service, its Nordic-blue palette, New Wave Group ownership, and caveats.
- Duralex — The French tempered-glass maker of the Picardie canteen tumbler, now an employee-owned co-op, its clear-glass palette, honest history, and caveats.
- Libbey — The American glassware giant behind DuraTuff barware and the Gibraltar glass, its clear-and-amber palette, foodservice roots, and caveats.
- Bormioli Rocco — The Italian glassware house behind Fido swing-top jars and Bodega tumblers, its warm-glass palette, honest ownership, and caveats.
Crystal and tableware houses
Kosta Boda, Moser, Val Saint-Lambert, Dartington, Villeroy & Boch, Rosenthal and WMF.
- Kosta Boda — The bold, colourful Swedish art-glass house (Sweden’s oldest glassworks, 1742), its vivid palette, honest ownership, and caveats.
- Moser — The 1857 Bohemian crystal house famous for lead-free coloured crystal and royal clients, its jewel-tone palette, honest ownership, and caveats.
- Val Saint-Lambert — Belgium’s premier crystal house, famous for cased “doublé” overlay crystal, its ruby-and-gold palette, honest ownership, and caveats.
- Dartington Crystal — The 1967 Devon glassworks built for rural jobs, home of Frank Thrower’s clean modern British glass, its clear-glass palette, and caveats.
- Villeroy & Boch — The 270-year German tableware and crystal house behind Old Luxembourg, its cobalt-and-gold palette, honest ownership, and caveats.
- Rosenthal — The German house that turned porcelain and glass into a designers’ playground via its studio-line, its modernist palette, honest ownership, and caveats.
- WMF — The German metalware house behind Cromargan steel and Wagenfeld design, its steel-and-glass palette, honest ownership, and caveats.
Bar tools
Yukiwa, Überbartools, Viski, L’Atelier du Vin, Pulltex, Code38 and Urban Bar.
- Yukiwa — The Japanese maker’s precision stainless cocktail shakers, with honest caveats.
- Überbartools — The Australian maker’s engineered professional bar tools, with honest caveats.
- Viski — The True Brands house’s design-forward home barware, with honest caveats.
- L’Atelier du Vin — The French house’s invention-led wine tools, with honest caveats.
- Pulltex — The Barcelona maker’s two-step Pulltap’s corkscrew, with honest caveats.
- Code38 — The Australian maker’s MIM-engineered ultra-premium wine knife, with honest caveats.
- Urban Bar — The London-rooted maker’s design-led barware and glassware, with honest caveats.
Bar and wine design
Metallurgica Motta, Blomus, Rosendahl, Vacu Vin, Sagaform, A Bar Above and Birdy.
- Metallurgica Motta — The Piedmont maker’s stainless bar-and-café tools, with honest caveats.
- Blomus — The German house’s design objects and wine accessories, with honest caveats.
- Rosendahl — The Danish design group’s Grand Cru bar and wine line, with honest caveats.
- Vacu Vin — The Dutch house’s vacuum Wine Saver, with honest caveats.
- Sagaform — The Swedish brand’s accessible table-and-bar design, with honest caveats.
- A Bar Above — The bartender-owned brand’s craft-cocktail tools, with honest caveats.
- Birdy. — The Japanese precision-stainless shaker maker, with honest caveats.
Bar objects
W&P, Coutale, Cilio, Vagnbys, Sambonet, Umbra and Robert Welch.
- W&P — The design-forward brand born from the Mason Shaker, with honest caveats.
- Coutale — The winemaker’s patented double-lever sommelier corkscrew, with honest caveats.
- Cilio — The German lifestyle-accessory brand’s bar and wine line, with honest caveats.
- Vagnbys — The Danish design family’s wine tools, with honest caveats.
- Sambonet — The 1856 Italian house’s steel heritage and Home Bar, with honest caveats.
- Umbra — The Toronto design house’s original everyday objects, with honest caveats.
- Robert Welch — The British modernist design house’s steel and barware, with honest caveats.
At a glance: founding, owner and signature
Taken from each guide’s fact panel, as of October 2026. Ownership and production change; follow the link for sources and detail.
| Brand | Founded | Owner | Signature |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Bar Above | 2013 (USA) | See guide | Bartender-designed tools |
| Baccarat | 1764 (glassworks) | See guide | Harcourt 1841 |
| Birdy. | See guide | See guide | Precision stainless shaker |
| Blomus | See guide | See guide | Design objects & wine tools |
| Bormioli Rocco | 1825 (Fidenza) | See guide | Fido jar |
| Cilio | See guide | See guide | Bar & lifestyle accessories |
| Cocktail Kingdom | c.2008 (New York) | See guide | Bar tools |
| Code38 | See guide | See guide | MIM-engineered wine knife |
| Coravin | 2011 (Bedford, MA) | See guide | Needle + argon |
| Coutale | See guide | See guide | Double-lever corkscrew |
| Crafthouse | 2016 (by Fortessa) | See guide | See guide |
| Dartington Crystal | 1967 (Torrington) | See guide | Sharon goblet |
| Denver & Liely | c.2015 (Melbourne) | See guide | Whisky Glass |
| Duralex | 1945 (brand) | Employee co-op | Picardie tumbler |
| Elevated Craft | c.2018 (Scottsdale, AZ) | See guide | Hybrid Shaker |
| Gabriel-Glas | 2010 (Austria) | See guide | See guide |
| Glencairn | See guide | See guide | See guide |
| Kosta Boda | 1742 (Kosta) | New Wave Group | Art glass |
| Lalique | See guide | See guide | Frosted crystal |
| Libbey | 1818 (as New England Glass) | See guide | Gibraltar glass |
| L’Atelier du Vin | 1926 (France) | See guide | Invention-led wine tools |
| Metallurgica Motta | 1967 (Italy) | See guide | Pro stainless bar tools |
| Moser | 1857 (Karlovy Vary) | See guide | Lead-free crystal |
| Nachtmann | 1834 (Bavaria) | See guide | Noblesse |
| Norlan | See guide | See guide | Double-walled glass |
| Orrefors | 1898 (Småland) | New Wave Group | Graal (1916) |
| Pulltex | See guide | See guide | Two-step corkscrew |
| Riedel | 1756 (Bohemia) | See guide | Sommeliers 1973 |
| Robert Welch | 1955 (UK) | See guide | Modernist steel + barware |
| Rosendahl | 1980s (Denmark) | See guide | Grand Cru bar & wine |
| Rosenthal | 1879 (Selb) | Sambonet (IT) | studio-line |
| Sagaform | 1996 (Sweden) | See guide | Scandinavian table & bar |
| Saint-Louis | 1586 (glassworks) | Hermès | Overlay crystal |
| Sambonet | 1856 (Italy) | See guide | Heritage steel + Home Bar |
| Spiegelau | 1521 (Bavarian Forest) | See guide | IPA glass |
| Umbra | 1979 (Canada) | See guide | Design house · bar line |
| Urban Bar | 1980 (UK) | See guide | Design-led barware & glass |
| Vacu Vin | 1986 (Netherlands) | See guide | Vacuum Wine Saver |
| Vagnbys | 2012 (Denmark) | See guide | Design-led wine tools |
| Val Saint-Lambert | 1826 (Seraing) | See guide | Doublé crystal |
| Villeroy & Boch | 1748 (roots) | See guide | Old Luxembourg |
| Viski | ~2012 (USA) | True Brands | Design-forward barware |
| W&P | See guide | See guide | Design-forward barware |
| Waterford | 1783 (Waterford, Ireland) | See guide | Lismore |
| WMF | 1853 (Geislingen) | Groupe SEB | Cromargan steel |
| Yukiwa | See guide | See guide | Precision stainless shakers |
| Zalto | See guide | See guide | Universal glass |
| Zwiesel Glas | 1872 (Zwiesel) | See guide | Tritan crystal |
| Überbartools | 2005 (Australia) | See guide | Engineered pro bar tools |
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Spiegelau and Nachtmann?
The Riedel group, according to our guides.
Who owns Saint-Louis crystal?
Hermès, according to our guide.
See also our glassware brand guidelines.
Part of our Home & Kitchen brand guidelines. See also all collections.