Zalto Spittoon 250 Red

Zalto’s elegant, smoked glass spittoons are mouth-blown and available in two sizes; the 250 table model is 210 mm tall and holds 2600 ml while the smaller 50 mm model, ideal for a single taster, is 130 mm with a 610 ml capacity. Explaining the decision to introduce this specialist product, Zalto’s Thomas Zichtl told The Drinks Business magzine: “Many of the finest wine producers in Austria and Italy are using Zalto to present their wines to the public at either fairs or at their wineries, and while the top wines are served in Zalto glasses at professional tastings, the sampled wine is very often returned into a plastic bucket or some kind of cooler with a lid.” Continuing he said: “We did not like this ‘Stilbruch’, or clashing with the style, so Zalto thought about an aesthetic solution and the Zalto ‘Restweinkaraffe – as we call our spittoon – was realised, with a big one for the table and small one for professional tasters.”