Oh, Lettie. Chapter XLVIII: Champagne flutes

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And, in Firenze, the corpse of Evangelista Torricelli has been seen spinning in its grave.

Mark Lipton
 
So many questions. If an atmosphere is "around" 14.7, why is it a variable for glass type?

If you use Riesling glasses for Champagne, should you use a Champagne glass for Riesling?
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Oh, Lettie. Chapter XLVIII: Champagne fluteshttp://www.wsj.com/articles/flute-g...-some-fizz-1420764962?mod=WSJ_hp_EditorsPicks

Favorite line: "[The restaurant] has four different glasses ... for Champagne, depending on the style, age, grape variety and 'atmosphere' of the wine. (An 'atmosphere' measures the amount of pressure inside the bottle and equals roughly 14.7 pounds a square inch.)"

So close.

That champagne just has a great atmosphere.
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Isn't Lettie just reaching for a journalistically intersting way to refer to the mousse, the frothiness? This read would fit in with the following para. Perhaps she reaches a bit too far.

We drink most everything these days out of Burgundy glasses or juice glasses, philistines that we are.
 
originally posted by kirk wallace:
and wait; does no one object to the caption of the picture??
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you mean the 1st pic of the Daniel "coupe" (glass #2 in the 3rd photo)? I don't object because I have low expectations for Lettie's writing and her proofreaders.
 
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