Bourgogne Vessel Introduction

Using bamboo, a familiar material in Japan, RIVERET developed tableware made from a natural material that offers convenience, safety, and productivity to match closely with your food and lifestyle. This tableware offers gentle warmth and expands various lifestyles

The advantage of a container made from natural bamboo is its low thermal conductivity. Similar to grasses and leaves, bamboo has straw-like tubes called conducting vessels that are bundled in a straight line. This is a major feature that typical trees do not have.

If you look at a cross-section of bamboo, you can see that a large number of straw-like conducting vessels are arranged. The small amounts of space among these conducting vessels create layers of air, which increase internal heat retention like heat insulating material.

In other words, the temperature of bamboo tableware is stable compared to that made of glass or porcelain, which means that the wine in the container is less influenced by the temperature of the open air. RIVERET believes that this makes it possible to preserve optimal conditions longer without negatively affecting the natural flavor of wine.

Burgundy wine has a refreshing acidity and mellow aroma and is more enjoyable when it flows straight to the throat while suppressing excess acidity. Starting from the broad bowl (base), the glass narrows as it rises to the rim (opening). When you drink from the glass, you have to tilt your head slightly. When you drink this way, the wine does not contact the outsides of the tongue, which sense acidity, and can flow lightly over the tongue naturally. The ability to suppress excess acidity while better preserving the aroma is a major point of this silhouette.

An easy to understand difference is definitely the mouthfeel. Glass and porcelain easily transfer cold and firmness when they touch the mouth. On the other hand, natural material is barely affected by extreme cold, heat, or other temperature changes and makes a soft impression. Also, the artisans of RIVERET have the skills to realize a shape with a minimum thinness of 2 mm, so that the vessel, despite being made of natural material, does not feel overly heavy or negatively affect the taste.

Appearance and touch influence the impression of taste considerably. In addition to the differences in hue and mood, glass and natural material have large differences in firmness, material feel, and warmth when they touch the mouth or hand. Important elements of flavor are included also in feelings of warmth and softness.

RIVERET’s glasses are made from bamboo, a familiar material in Japan from ancient times. Because raw moso bamboo grows rapidly at a speed over 20 times that of typical wood, there is no need to use agricultural chemicals that adversely affect the ecosystem or to perform excessive tree planting. In other words, it is a natural resource that can be regrown repeatedly on the smallest plot of land. This is an effective method of utilizing resources to limit the environmental problem of deforestation.

Manufacturers tend to avoid bamboo for products that must be machined delicately because it has twice the strength of general-purpose wood and fibers that split easily. RIVERET started research and development in 1988. It manages its bamboo from the cultivation stage (in a bamboo thicket of about 18 km²) and develops sawing and manufacturing equipment specifically for bamboo to increase production efficiency. It carefully reviewed all processes throughout production and is now able to manufacture the current beautiful lines and delicate forms of its products.

RIVERET never uses varnishes or dyes that cause allergies in its six-layer clear coating that preserves the material’ s touch and hue. Its uniquely developed impregnation coating technology penetrates inside the raw material and protects the tableware securely to prevent staining and color transfer from coffee, wine, and other dark beverages and fried food. Bamboo tableware can be used every day with peace of mind just like those made of glass and porcelain.

LOHAS COAT is a (patented) coating technology developed in-house that suppresses e-coli and staphylococcus aureus thanks to a synergistic effect of a coating that contains natural green tea ingredients and phytoncide, a component of the bamboo itself. RIVERET applies this new LOHAS COAT technology to all its tableware to manufacture safer natural tableware that can be used with greater peace of mind. *This coating is not guaranteed to control all bacteria or have permanent effects.

All RIVERET tableware is dishwasher safe. Thanks to RIVERET’s unique coating technology, the tableware passes a dishwasher drying resistance test, which is rare for tableware made from natural materials. Of course, washing with dish washing liquid is also possible just like with any porcelain or glass tableware.

*Recommended warm water setting: 70°C or less.
*Dishwasher detergents containing bleaching or abrasive agents cannot be used.

Bamboo has been a symbol of good luck in Japan from ancient times. With its strong germination strength that can lift up even rocks, its fast growth rate that is tens of times that of trees, its refreshing, evergreen appearance that never withers over the years, and the power of its underground stems to spread far, in every respect bamboo is an auspicious item that means eternal growth and prosperity. Bamboo is selected as a wedding, birthday, Father’s Day, or Mother’s Day gift that signifies the giver’ s hope for lifelong health.