Cheers to Brooklyn Martini Glass Designer

This article appeared in the 26 June issue of The Bay News.

Whether it’s shaken or stirred, the martini just got a whole lot cooler thanks to one Greenpoint resident.

Mia Ferrera Wiesenthal, 29, was recently named the U.S. winner of the 2008 Designer Glass Competition. “On the Rocks,” her sleek ice-crystal design of a stemless martini glass, beat out 40 other submissions from all over the country in Bombay Sapphire’s annual contest.

Mia, the winner of the 2008 Designer Glass Competition, working in her studio.

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