What kind of wine glass should you use

Wine glasses must be plain and transparent, so that you can appreciate the wine’s color, and made of glass or crystal. Wine glasses must also have a stem to hold the glass without warming the wine with the heat of your hands.

While some people advocate the use of different glasses for wines from different grape varieties, I prefer to keep things simple with three glass options: glasses for red wine, for white wine and for sparkling wine.

Red wine

Red wine glasses are wider, with a very large bowl, since red wine needs to be swirled around to come in contact with the oxygen, and benefit from a larger area of contact with the air.

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The best wine glasses are made by Riedeland can be as tall as a bottle of wine.

White Wine

White wine glasses are tulip shaped. They are smaller than red wine glasses. The reduced surface area of contact with the wine prevents the white wine to warm up too fast.

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Sparkling Wine

Sparkling wine glasses are small and flute shaped (tall and thin). The reduced surface area of contact keeps the wine colder and the flute shape allows for the proper development of bubbles.

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