Your Trusted Guide to Wine Glasses in Canada
Somewhere between your grandmother’s rounded goblets and the sculptural glass sitting in a design museum gift shop, a whole category of stemware quietly took over dinner tables: angular wine glasses. Sharp facets. Tilted bowls. Bases that look like they were cut with a diamond saw instead of blown by hand. If your dining room already … Read more
Hand a certified sommelier a wide, round-bowled everyday wine glass during a blind tasting and watch the wince. It’s not snobbery — it’s physics. A narrow bowl wine glass tapers inward toward the rim, concentrating volatile aromatic compounds into a smaller column of air right where your nose sits, instead of letting them scatter across … Read more
Here’s a confession most wine drinkers won’t admit out loud: the glass you’re using is probably working against your wine, not for it. You bought a decent bottle of Pinot Noir, maybe splurged a little, and then poured it into whatever stemware was closest — a narrow little tulip that traps the aroma somewhere down … Read more
There’s a very specific kind of disappointment that comes from pulling a promising bottle of red out of the cupboard, pouring a glass, and tasting… nothing much. Tight, flat, a little sharp around the edges. That’s a wine that hasn’t had a chance to breathe, and it’s exactly the problem an aerating wine glasses set … Read more