WINE AND HIS GLASSES!
for serving wine glasses come in different shapes and materials, with different characteristics and, often, useless decorations that make it definitely more pleasing to the eye glasses to the detriment of the appreciation of wine. One of the key features of a glass is that it must allow for proper appreciation of wine, therefore it must be colorless, transparent, with no decorations and facets.
The glass should preferably be made of crystal, however, is more than acceptable half-crystal or crystal glass. No matter how attractive and charming, crystal glasses, given their typical fragility, combined with their high cost, are often bought or given just to be nice to do shows in the homes of wine lovers: the idea that they can break, especially during washing, is a concern that many people. Regardless of the type of material with which they were produced glasses, crystal or glass top, it is important that its thickness is rather end, possibly less than one millimeter. A greater thickness, in addition to being annoying to touch lips, would influence the perception of some tactile sensations.
Wine glasses should always have the shape of a chalice, a sufficiently large base to keep them firmly on his feet, a long stem and a body shape that highlight the various types of wine. The importance of the presence of these features is essential because they allow to appreciate and change as little as possible to the wine. A long stem prevents, for example, that the hand is near the body of the glass with the risk of altering the temperature of the wine as well as being closer to the nose and alter the perception of aromas. For this reason, the glass is always held to the base, the limit at the bottom of the stem, never to the body. We would point out that a glass must be filled no more than a third of its volume.