Wine snobs can be a pain in the glass.
Don’t go there. For starters, what you may think is wineglass wisdom may not
be.
Myth one: Sparkling wine must be consumed from a flute.
This myth dies hard because there are
positive benefits of a flute, but facilitating your taste experience is not one
of them. Because they are narrow, flutes work against full appreciation of
sparkling wine, especially aroma.
What flutes do exceptionally well is
announce this is a party and you are sipping sparkling, no small thing.
Additionally, quite often you sip sparkling while standing and moving around.
Flutes spill less, require smaller pours, display rising bubbles well and make
cool toasting vessels — again, no small things.
To fully appreciate sparkling’s color, nose
and flavor, however, enjoy it in a sparkling tulip glass or the same glass you
enjoy white wine.
Myth two: You need a special glass for each wine type.
Wineglass makers lust for you to buy into
this. Thus, they conjure glasses with microscopic nuances that may fractionally
improve appreciation, but you must be very high on the super-palate list to
notice. Are you?
Dirty secret: many wine professionals use
same glass for everything, or have one glass for red, one for white and a flute
for show.
Myth three: Stemless wineglasses are climax of cool.
No. Stems play two vital roles in wine
appreciation. First, they keep fingerprints off the bowl so you can appreciate
color and clarity. Second, they keep warming palms from the bowl so wine will
stay at its right temperature. This reflects the recommended way to hold a
stemmed wineglass: by the stem or by the foot (base).
Now, if you like stemless and/or you hold
your wineglass by cupping it in your palm, you are not a bad person and you do
not have to change, but give the alternatives a try. In any event, the key is
to enjoy life, wine and good friends — even if you drink wine from a repurposed
jelly jar.
Article from:http://lubbockonline.com/life/2017-03-13/clemens-three-wine-myths-about-wine-glasses-busted
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