good wine, you know, it is best appreciated when it is served in the proper glass, but choosing wine glasses, it is not always immediate.
The wine glasses, in addition to vary according to the color of the wine, white, red or pink, also vary in its structure, for the presence of tannins, for the degree of aging, for the type, for perfumes that releases.
In short, there are many features to consider when you find yourself having to choose the wine glasses.
Assuming that each one then you choose the glass he prefers, let's see what are the essential requirements that wine glasses must have in order to make the most of their content and allow the appreciation of aromas, colors and transparency.
Colourless, with the stem and preferably of crystal or thin glass.
These are the requirements that the wine glasses should have.
Even the glass capacity is an important element: the wine glasses need to contain the right amount of wine and at the same time allow the give off the perfume.
A cup that narrows upwards, allows a higher concentration of perfume.
A large cup and pot-bellied, as well as facilitating the glass wheeling movement to oxygenate the wine, you can seize the best bouquet in great red wines.
To liqueur wines instead they fit by small wine glasses that shrink upward to better preserve the aromas.
In summary: if we have to serve a young wine, aromatic or particularly delicate, such as Chardonnay Amelia Masi or il Verdeca Forte a Mare , which needs to release its bouquet, we need a glass of wine from the mouth tight, which will deliver the ' aroma to the nose without dispersion.
If we are dealing with complex and aged wines such as Primitivo of Manduria Ugozanier and Salice Salentino reserve Amelia Masi, it would be correct to prefer wine glasses with wide mouths and able to seize all the olfactory nuances.
For dry sparkling wines, there are those who strongly recommended the flute, which allows you to appreciate the perlage of these wines and who says to avoid it at all costs and use glasses important white wine or red wine.
Now that you are more aware of what wine glasses to use, a little secret to always have glasses sparkling wine: Hand wash with warm water and soap. dry thoroughly with a cloth to prevent the walls remain the horrible signs of the drops.
One last thing: remember to hold the cup from the stem and not from the cup.
By doing so you will avoid heat the wine and then alters its scents, but most will not leave the external walls of glass your fingerprints ... That, by the way, "really do little chic"!