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       Wine Glassware
Technically there isn't anything wrong with drinking your wine from a plastic milk glass or a paper coffee cup.... technically.  But, you've gone to the effort to select a nice wine,  so go ahead - treat yourself by using a glass specifically designed for the purpose.    To go even one step further - its recommended that your wine glasses be crystal, not ordinary glass as crystal really does make the wine taste better
 
Experienced wine tasters suggest experimenting by pouring a small amount into an ordinary drinking glass and a similar amount into your favorite wine glass.  Pay close attention while you sniff, slurp and swallow.  The wine will taste different from each glass.  

A traditional wine glass
has three parts:
... the bowl
... the stem
... the foot

animated swirling glass.
glass stem.
 


The shape, of a wine glass, depends on the kind of wine.   However it's better to use long stem glasses because they  keep fingers away from wine - which would warm up the  wine.

If you don't want to spend your whole budget or give your cupboard space to wine glasses the one nice glass to own would be a 14 oz. Chianti glass style. 

Red Wines

Red wines prefer a little bigger glasses  than whites
because of their bigger "scent"sations and the presence of tannins.  
Their complex scents need big glasses so they can air and develop their bouquet .

Spiegelau vinovino Bordeaux, Cabernet/Merlot Wine Glasses (Set of 4)18 Oz Burgundy, 
Pinot Noir, Merlot
14 Oz. Chianti, Zinfandel, Syrah (Shiraz)
 Lambrusco, Sangiovese,  
White Wines

White wines need smaller opening glasses,
because of their general youth,
their fresh, fruity and floral sensations are fragile.

Spiegelau vinovino 14 oz Wine Glasses
 (Set of 4)
 
Chardonnay, White Burgundy,
Kabinett, Chablis
14 Oz. Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, 
Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer, Other Whites

Sparkling  Wines

Dry sparkling wines and Champagne prefer flûte glass
where it is possible to enjoy the bubbles
and the delicate scent can develop gradually. The flute prolongs the bubbles

Sweet sparkling wines may be drunk in cups
because of their aromatic taste

Champagne cup

Vera Wang Duchesse Saucer Champagne

Champagne flute

Spiegelau Vino Grande Champagne Glasses, Set of 6


 
Vertical Wine Rack - Double

 
Stemware Holder

 
Beechwood Wine Rack 28 BTL

 
Wrought Iron Hanging Rack

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