Splendor in the Wine Glass

Choosing the right wine glass to serve whatever wine you're pouring doesn't have to be complicated.

A glass's rim helps deliver the wine to the tongue with enough air to enhance the drinker's perception of flavor and a properly designed glass amplifies the wine's aroma by concentrating the wine's vapors thus the slightly tapered bowl.

Clarity of the glass bowl highlights the color tints of the wine so avoiding colored stemware is highly recommended. Look for a glass that is balanced when empty and full and has a high enough side so that when swilled it doesn't spill out or loose any fragrance.

The best wine glass optimizes the elements of appearance, smell, taste and touch. If you've chosen the perfect glass, the complex, finely crafted wine is given every opportunity to put it's best foot forward and wow you.

Choosing the right wine glass guidelines:

White Wine Glass: A tulip-shaped stemmed glass is the best all-purpose vessel for white wine. It will feel steady and balanced when full and when empty.

Red Wine Glass: With a more swelling profile, the extra room in the bowl allows the vapors and aroma to collect. Forget a supersize wine glass, they're just overkill. By setting a red wine glass together with a white wine glass, your guests will be able to visually see the difference in the wines being served.

Fortified or Dessert Wine Glass: Dessert and fortified wines such as sherry, port or Madeira are richer and more alcoholic thus they're better sipped from a small, well proportioned glass for a smaller pour. The inward taper focuses the intense aromas

Champagne Flute: A tall flute is a festive way to serve sparkling wines at your next special event. The surface encourages all those bubbles and the shape allows them to float to the top. With the bubbly, vapaor is being constantly released so an inward taperd design is not necessary.

Stemless Glass: A wine goblet is quite fashionable these days. It gives wine a slightly dressed-down appearance and performs virtually the same as a stemmed glass. However, the wine may warm up as the heat from your hand transfers to the glass.

Jelly Jar or Café Glass: This informal, short glass with straight sides lowers expectations on occasions when wine isn't the main event. Serving wine in one of these glasses is perfectly appropriate when dining with the family, for midday meals or a relaxed setting, especially an outdoors.

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