La Rochère wine glass

This is the “petit ballon”, a relatively heavy and therefore stable 0.1 l glass, as was common in Parisian bistros for small glasses of red wine as early as the 1920s.

These drinking glasses come from the oldest French glassworks still in operation in the East of France. Their weight makes these glasses very stable. The thickness of the glasses has another advantage: Because the glass mass does not warm up quickly, the glasses hold the temperature of cold drinks longer and feel comfortable in hand.