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Choosing The Right Wine Glass To Enhance Fine Wines
by Fairfax Tolman
http://www.ftwine.com

How important is the shape and composition of the glass in
which you serve a fine wine? According to some of the most
renowned wine experts, the glass in which you serve your
wine can greatly enhance the flavor. While a good glass
can't mask the flavor of a poor wine, it can bring out and
emphasizes the nuances that make a good wine excellent.

The shape of the glass can subtly influence such things as
the layering of vapors released by the wine by funneling
those vapors and concentrating the ones that are give the
wine its characteristic notes. It can also direct the flow
of wine so that it touches the palate or tongue at the place
where those notes are most likely to be tasted.

According the Riedel, the shape of the glass influences the
way that the vapors of natural evaporation are held in the
glass, and presented to the nose. It also subtly directs the
way that the wine is sipped and the area of the tongue or
mouth where the wine is first tasted. For nearly fifty
years, they have been developing glasses shaped specifically
to enhance every kind of wine, from Sauvignon to Chablis.

The glass making experts at Riedel Glass in Austria
disagree. Since 1958, when they first started their
experimentation with subtle variations of shape and design
in wine glasses, they have made an art of designing the
perfect glass in which to serve nearly every variety of
wine.

Size is the single most important factor in choosing a good
wine glass. Bigger is better - 20 ounces is the ideal size
for most wines. In any case, a wine glass should never be
filled to the brim. Allow at least 2/3rds the height of the
glass for the vapors to collect and settle.

While Riedel makes literally dozens of glass varieties, even
they state that the subtlest differences are only noticeable
by the most educated palates. If you can only afford one or
two sets of glasses, choose one to serve red wines, and one
for sparkling wines.

Red wines should be served in glasses with wide bowls,
narrow mouths and long stems. The width of the bowl and the
quicker taper to the narrow mouth allows the character of
the wine to collect and settle so that the 'bouquet' is
delivered to the nose before the liquid hits the tongue.

Serve red wines in large glasses, with wide bowls and narrow
lips - the classic 'tulip' shape. Their full body benefits
from the openness to concentrate the vapors.

White wines should be served in taller, narrower glasses to
enhance their more delicate bouquet. Sparkling wines like
champagne should be served in tall, narrow flutes to
preserve their effervescence. The less surface area of the
wine exposed to air, the less of the bubbly you lose.

If you only choose one glass (and at $90 to $200 for a set
of six, you might want to confine yourself to one choice),
it should be a mid-size glass with a tulip shape. The
classic Chianti or Bordeaux glass is similar enough to most
glasses used to serve white wine that your palate will never
notice the difference.

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