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How to Choose The Right Glass To Serve Your Wine
by Fairfax Tolman
http://www.ftwine.com

You've probably heard that the glass in which you serve a
wine can enhance its flavor. According to the experts at
Riedel Glass in Austria, the glass in which you serve a wine
can certainly enhance its enjoyment. The shape and
composition of every Reidel glass is specifically designed
to present a particular varietal wine at its best. The
Austrian family has been designing wine glasses since the
1950s, though they've been in the glass business since the
1700s.

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.

Riedel has done experiments with independent wine tasters to
test its contention that the shape of a glass can change and
influence its taste and the 'total experience'. In several
tests, the glassmaker served wine to experts in a variety of
glass shapes and asked them to identify the wine. In many
cases, wine experts identified the same wine served in a
different shape of glass as a different wine entirely.

Riedel offers the following advice for choosing the right
glass for the right wine. In general, a wine glass should be
made of lead crystal. It should have a 'tulip' shape, with
the bowl larger than the lip. The lip should be ground and
polished. Stems are vital to keep the heat of your hands
away from the wine.

Riedel makes the following recommendations and offers the
following information on various aspects of serving wine and
the shape of the glasses that best fit different varieties
of wine:

As a very broad example, the company explains how when a
person takes a sip of wine from a glass with a broad mouth
he will naturally lower his head, tilting it forward. This
affects how the wine is taken into the mouth and the area of
the tongue where it first touches. By contrast, a glass with
a narrow mouth forces the person to lift their head and tilt
it back, thereby influencing the way that the wine is
smelled and tasted.

The best material for serving wine is lead crystal. Among
their other suggestions for the ideal wine glass are that it
should be colorless, transparent, have thin walls, be egg-
shapped with a wider base than rim, have a cut and polished
rim and have a stem so that the hand doesn't warm the
contents of the bowl.

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 glasses that are narrower
and have a thinner taper to the mouth in order to preserve
the delicate notes of their lighter vapors. Red wines can be
served in glasses that are more goblet shaped to allow their
characteristic bouquet to gather and settle before being
delivered to the nose. Sparkling wines should be served in
tall, narrow flutes to minimize the exposure of the wine's
surface to the air and preserve its effervescent sparkle.

If you can only choose one glass, then the glass that you
choose should be a Bordeaux or Chardonnay glass, which are
nearly identical in shape. The differences are so minute
that even the most educated palate won't be able to tell any
difference in flavor or bouquet in wine served in either
glass.

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