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Wine Glasses for all Occasions
Оглавление“The fruits of all our labors have left us as we started.
To grow without is not to grow within.”
- Dave Winer
The shape of a wine glass can impact the taste of the wine, and for this reason different types of wine are served in different glasses.
The three main types of wine glasses are:
A - Red wine glasses: more rounded and have a larger bowl (fill 1/3 full)
B - White wine glasses: tulip shaped (fill 1/2 full)
C - Sparkling wine flutes: tall and thin (fill 3/4 full)
D – Water glass: (fill 3/4 full)
A suitable all-purpose wine glass should hold 10 oz, be transparent to allow the taster to examine the color of the wine and its body, and have a slight curve in at the top to hold in the bouquet. While an all-purpose wine glass is fine for serving a red wine, do not serve a white wine in a red wine glass. The finest wine glasses have paper-thin rims. Names of the finer wine glass manufacturers include Riedel, Schott-Zwiesel, Ravenscroft, Spiegelau and Rosenthal.
Wine glasses are crucial to the overall appreciation of a wine, and work in tandem with temperature. Complex aromas and tastes of a red wine are more easily distinguished when drinking from a glass with a paper thin rim.
At the end of the day, the shape of a glass plays a decisive role in the appraisal and enjoyment of a good wine.
