Knowing your Glass

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If you visited formal dinning party or restaurant, you might notice several tools next to the plates, from spoon, fork, knives, and glass, all of them got its own purposes. These time I’d like to discuss about glass, lets start it.

Wine experts agree that each type of wine require different glasses to give a deep impression of the aroma. For example using a sleek glass to drink Burgundy, will not provide enough space for the liquid beverage is to create a vortex and issued a special aroma.

Cup-shaped forms also need to become slender from top to bottom so it allows the aroma wafted before gulped. In general, the glass must be sufficiently long handle to grip and does not touch the bowl so that could affect the temperature of drinks and aroma.

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Lets start it from left to right with the image above.
a. Water: glasses with a short handle. Hold the glass in the handle to maintain the drinks stay cold.
b. Brandy: olfactory scent of brandy. Bring the glass in two hands to warm the cup which will issue a brandy aroma.
c. White wines: the shape of the bowl rather slim and wide to catch the scent. Hold the glass by the stem so that the drinks kept cold.
d. Burgundy Reds and Pinot Noirs: very slightly widened and more taller than the glass for white wine.
e. Champagne: a narrow glass, which can reduce the surface area of wine and drinks avoid the foam from flying.
f. Red wine: a glass of wine the most. Hold the glass at the meeting between the handle cup and bowl.

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