Principles for selecting wine glasses

The real drinker knows the importance of the cup. The color, aroma and taste of the wine will vary with the shape, size and thickness of the cup. Sometimes the difference is obvious and easy to distinguish, sometimes it is meticulous.
In principle, every wine should find a cup suitable for it, but for daily use, this arrangement and combination is too cumbersome and pedantic. It is almost enough, too true.
The body of the glass containing wine is open and the mouth of the glass shrinks to different degrees, so the aroma of wine is kept in the glass. When tasting wine, the nose is buried in the mouth of the glass, and you can smell the rich aroma of wine in the whole small space.
The impact of different glasses on the aroma and taste of wine is obvious. Even if people who have just started drinking can feel it, it needs more practice to taste the difference.
The appearance of these glasses with different shapes is not simply a inheritance of the tradition. One of the work that the makers of wine glasses have done for a long time is to keep experimenting to find the best shape for each grape.
The wine glass will not have any impact on the wine itself, but the shape of the glass determines the direction, strength and entry mode of the wine, and then affects the aroma, taste, balance, lingering charm and other aspects of the wine.
In the traditional concept, the large and strong cup is used to hold red wine, and the more elegant and delicate narrow mouth cup is used to hold Baijiu. In fact, it’s not all true – in fact, light wine prefers a smaller cup, while full-bodied wine is suitable for filling in a long and wide cup, which can be selected according to the quality and age of the wine, in order to make people better appreciate the wine in the cup.
There are two kinds of professional glasses for drinking wine: Bordeaux and Burgundy. Burgundy is more round and shallow, almost spherical; The Bordeaux Cup is relatively long. These two cups named by the grape producing area can be said to be tailored to suit the grape varieties in different producing areas – Bordeaux Cup is suitable for tasting the grape varieties from Bordeaux, while Burgundy Cup is better when tasting the Pinot Noir with higher acidity in Burgundy.
Because different parts of the human tongue have different sensitivity to taste – the tip of the tongue is the most sensitive to sweet taste, the back of the tongue is the most sensitive to bitter taste, and the inside and outside of the tongue are respectively sensitive to acid and salt. The design of the wine cup is based on this human structure. The difference in the order of the wine liquid wrapping the tongue can balance the sweet taste of fruit and the acid of tannin, making the taste smoother. As for champagne, take a special champagne cup – the shape of the champagne cup is slim and tall, so that the unique rich foam of champagne can be fully displayed.
In fact, the shape of the earliest crystal wine glass is not so exquisite. Instead, great efforts have been made elsewhere. The glass is carved and complex, and the European classical palace style is magnificent. The common Czech crystal wine glasses on the market are mostly made of this technology. But after several refractions of the edges and corners of the wine glass, we can’t see the beautiful color of the wine itself. Now the glass for drinking wine, as well as the decanter, are simple streamline, and the glass wall is thin.
Besides crystal, there is also cheaper glass texture.
The fragrance and taste of crystal glass and glass glass will be slightly different, which is mainly caused by the different roughness of their surfaces. It can be observed through the microscope that the surface of the crystal is more concave and convex than that of the glass, and the glass is more hung. When it is used to hold champagne, the bubbles will perform better. At the same time, the small concave and convex on the glass wall can retain these foam more permanently, which is the soul of champagne. The echo of “buzzing – buzzing -” when the glass is touched is absolutely pleasing to the ear, and the person who has had the privilege of seeing the crystal glass fall to the ground in person said that the sound is unmatched by glass – so, in addition to eyes and mouth, wine can even be appreciated by ears.
Besides, the difference between handwork and mechanism is mainly psychological feelings – holding a handmade crystal wine glass and a glass taken from the assembly line will certainly be different, and the price of handmade glass is definitely a luxury. So we should pay special attention to the fact that when washing the glass, we must hold the body of the glass, not the foot of the glass. Otherwise, with a gentle turn, the valuable crystal glass can easily be completely destroyed.
No matter how noble the wine glass is, it is still necessary to wait for the selection of wine with humility.