One Wine Glass Rules???

so who cares what the nytimes says about glassware? is anyone here going to going to dump their glassware because of this article? does every nytimes wine article require that it be thrashed over here just because it was printed? do we have to be told about every nytimes article in order to escape total darkness? are we really that poorly read? are we all bozos on this bus?
 
Pretty much agree!

One exception, I prefer a glass with a flared lip for Burgundies and Pinot Noirs.

It's a bit surprising that Eric evidently feels so strongly about this issue.

. . . . Pete
 
originally posted by robert ames:
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Firmly in the one glass camp here.
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ah yes, but which one?
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Jolly Olly Orange is my guess:
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originally posted by robert ames:
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Firmly in the one glass camp here.
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ah yes, but which one?
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It is a basic, tulip shape, 16 oz. Bordeaux stem made by Spiegelau. We buy them in bulk for the business. Not as delicate as some but nice enough, lightweight yet fairly sturdy and at about $3 a piece (wholesale--I think they sell for about $7 in the store) when they break it's no big deal.

We use a tasting glass when pouring at farmers' markets, which is basically the same thing only smaller--about 6 oz. Interestingly enough the smaller glass actually delivers more aroma, probably because the wine is so much closer to the nose, and that is the glass we use for analytical tasting in the winery. But a small glass like that does not make much sense at the dinner table.

Different size and shaped glasses do seem to influence the way a wine shows, or at least smells, but for an OCD person like me, using one glass for all wines is the most appealing option.

Oh, one other sort of interesting thing, we once had to pour at an event that required disposable, eco-friendly vessels. We looked around and came up with a "plastic" cup made out of corn that is allegedly compostable. To our surprise wine shows really well in those crappy, tumbler shaped corn cups. Noticeably better than in virtually identical cups made out of actual plastic. To this day I have no idea why that is.
 
While I certainly don't buy into the whole Riedel schtick, I have found a difference between the straight-sided ("Bordeaux") style and the rounded, bowl-shaped ("Burgundy") style. Specifically, I think that the bowls are best for low alcohol, more aromatic wines, whereas the straight-sided are better for bigger and younger reds and most whites. I don't particularly like the size of the fancier Riedels, especially for my guests who tend to heavy pours.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
This.
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And let us not forget this:

Shattered Myths

...when I tracked down the researcher who did the study, she groaned. Then she started laughing. “I can’t believe how reporters ran away with this thing,” says Kari Russell. “That’s because so many people want to believe” that glasses make a difference. First of all, Russell is bemused that nobody seemed to realize that she wasn’t a renowned scientist, but a mere college senior (she’s now working on a Ph.D.). And she didn’t do some big, rigorous study: She rounded up just a dozen subjects.

And what she finds even more bizarre, she says, is that Riedel wouldn’t have liked her findings if anybody had reported them correctly, because they don’t support his claims at all. “Glass shape does not affect the perceptions of the average consumer,” Russell told me. “That’s my conclusion.” To put it bluntly, her subjects couldn’t tell the difference between Merlot in Champagne, red-wine, or Martini glasses.

But Russell says what galls her most is that not a single newspaper reporter who wrote about the study ever bothered to call and ask her about it. She says she figures that they wrote their articles based on another article by a reporter who heard Russell speak about her senior thesis at a meeting—and unfortunately, that reporter ignored her conclusion. Russell told me that she even called some of the newspapers to ask them to correct their articles. Nobody called her back.
 
I'm much pickier about a glass for spirits w/ particularly nuanced aromatics (e.g., Cognac) than I am for wine. The traditional snifter just makes everything smell like rocket fuel, whereas those narrow, gently flared nosing glasses really do showcase the nuances. I've done it side by side a dozen times with different spirits, and the difference is striking.
 
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