Glassblowing – The craftsmanship behind our champagne glasses

Glassblowing requires great skill from the glassmakers. To shape the glass, a glassblowing pipe is used, a tool that has been used for thousands of years and is still one of the most important tools in glassmaking. The heated glass mass is blown into a mold while the pipe is rotated for symmetry. Then a heated leg is attached to the bottom of the bowl, and finally a new glass mass is added for the foot. It is sculpted by hand in a single rotating motion and given its shape with the help of carbon scissors. After shaping, the glass is gradually cooled in a furnace from 500°C to room temperature, a process that takes about six hours.

The edge is then blown, i.e. the glass is cut at the correct height to obtain the correct mouth diameter. Finally, the edges of the glass are ground, washed and then heated again to prevent the edge from becoming too sharp.

Before the final products are sent to Altare Studios, they undergo a thorough quality control, called stitching, to ensure the highest possible quality. Only after that step can the glasses be packed and sent to your table!