A Glass for All Wines: Five easy steps to the perfect wine glass - elegant, inexpensive, and good for reds, whites and roses

摘要

For many of us who grew up a while ago, Champagne glasses were those big, flat bowls that were supposedly modeled on Marie Antoinette's breasts. These days most experts and wine writers, including us, say flutes are best for Champagne because their shape focuses the bubbles, the aroma and the taste. But over the years, we've heard from some people who feel the ideal vessels for really fine Champagne are the traditional glasses used for other fine wines. They give this good white wine a chance to breathe and stretch a little. "True appreciation of Champagne does not come from drinking it in a flute but in a glass that allows the wine to express itself," wrote one reader, who used to work for a big Champagne house. Who's right? Everybody is. In the long run, the best wine glass - for whatever kind of wine you're drinking - is the one in which wine tastes best to you. Glasses are highly personal, just like wine itself.