Connoisseurs of wine products with awe are related to the right dishes, or rather, glasses for wine. After all, the wrongly chosen wine glass harms a unique wine bouquet. To understand a little of these subtleties, one must understand the difference in the shapes of the glasses and their purpose, depending on these differences.
What kind of glasses do wine drink?
To feel the whole harmony of the taste of an alcoholic drink, you need a glass of the desired shape. After all, it happens that splashing expensive wine into a container, and having taken a sip, you understand in confusion that there is nothing special about it. But the matter lies in the form and thickness of the wall of the glass for the wine itself .
A glass for white wine should have a slightly rounded bottom shape and narrow to the top, but this glass is not as wide as for red or cognac . By the size of these containers are not too big, because white wine is drunk chilled, and poured not very much.
Champagne glass is already narrower than for white wine, but at the top it can expand, like a tulip, or vice versa - narrow. These glasses are made on a high thin elegant leg.
Glasses for red wine are somewhat similar to cognac with their cup, but they are smaller and have a high leg. To enjoy the aroma of red wine, it is necessary that the lower part of the glass be wide and the bouquet can be opened, and the top slightly tapered, and then the smell will concentrate in this place.
Red wine is served at room temperature or slightly chilled, and a maximum of a third of it is poured into the glass, or less for the same disclosure of the divine smell.
Shape of wine glasses
Professionals of wine tasting distinguish several types and shapes of wine glasses. For red :
- Bordeaux is the most common kind that is suitable for most sweet wines and has a cup-shaped shape with a capacity of at least 600 ml to open the bouquet;
- Burgundy - a narrower glass, shaped like Bordeaux, but used for dry red wines with a capacity of 700 ml.
For white:
- The glass is similar to Bordeaux, but has a much smaller capacity - 350 ml, so that the cool wine does not have time to heat up, which would spoil its taste qualities;
- for champagne the shape of a glass "Flute" with a narrow neck and a pit on the bottom is used, for the preservation of bubbles for a long time.
In addition to ubiquitous glass wine glasses, there are crystal glasses for wine, which are perfect for a variety of ceremonial events. The cost of such sets is quite high, because often when they are made use manual work. And the material itself is much more expensive than ordinary glass, which makes crystal a symbol of prosperity and luxury.
On sale it is possible to meet and colored glasses for wine. They look very original in modern conditions, but for a classic feast, they are better suited for making of unpainted glass. Such glasses can be monophonic, painted or have a colored stem.
A narrow glass intended for dry wines is needed to ensure that the acid contained in the wine does not reach the taste buds located on the sides of the tongue. Conversely, receptors,
How to keep a glass of wine?
The rules of wine etiquette is to keep the wine glass by the foot. If it is a large and heavy wine glass with red wine, it is allowed to support it from below with your index and thumbs, but not with the entire palm, as is customary with a cognac glass.
The fact is that wine is poured into a glass of a certain temperature and excess heat, which goes by hand can reduce its taste. In addition, fingerprints on the bowl of a wine glass will not look very aesthetically pleasing if you keep it wrong.