In the summer of 2006 in Beijing, China, materials engineer Wang Peiming stepped out of a semiconductor lab with an unusual idea. As a general manager working with ultra‑pure quartz parts for chipmaking, he spent his days shaping precision instruments in a small hot‑work shop—places where purity, geometry, and resonance truly mattered.

At the time, wine culture in China was just taking root. Concerns about lead in traditional crystal were rising, and imported wines faced steep tariffs, so discovering drinkable, affordable bottles often meant careful hunting—sometimes at local neighborhood markets that catered to international consumers. The engineer in Wang asked a simple question: What if we applied purity standards from the semiconductor world to a wine glass—without the worry of lead?

He sketched and formed his first red‑wine glass, chasing a profile that would aerate gracefully and present aroma with clarity. In early tastings, he noticed two things: wines seemed to open and taste better, and the glass itself produced a pure, clear, lingering tone when set in motion—a note you could hold. That dual discovery became the soul of the brand: performance in the bowl, and music in the air.

Wang shared a small first run as Christmas gifts among close friends who loved gathering over wine. One recipient—John Watkins, then President of Cummins China—replaced most of his stemware with Wang’s new design and became one of its earliest champions. Word spread friend‑to‑friend, table‑to‑table, song‑to‑song. Over the past 20 years, thousands of customers from all over the globe have enhanced their dinner parties and private consumption by adding the pure musical sound from these glasses to the other senses of sight, smell and taste.

Today, Fermata Singing Glasses honors that beginning. In music, a fermata asks you to hold the note—to savor the sound beyond its measure. Our glasses do the same for wine: they invite a longer look, a slower sip, and a moment that resonates.