Wine Glasses Make the Occasion

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Wine Glasses Make the Occasion

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

People drink wine out of wine glasses for a reason. Can you imagine drinking a fine red wine out of a McDonald’s soft drink glass? It just isn’t done. Drinking wine out of wine glasses adds class and makes the occasion a fanciful one. Wine glasses have a distinctive look and they hold a certain amount of status. These are just a few of the reasons people use wine glasses. Never drink your wine out of any old glass. Do the wine justice by drinking out of wine glasses

Make Sure They Are Clean

This goes especially true if you are drinking from wine glasses at a restaurant. Next time you’re eating out and you’re drinking wine, take a look at the rim around your wine glasses. Are there any lipstick marks? Are there water spots or soap spots where the dishwasher didn’t do an adequate job? Not only is this disgusting, any type of dirt, grime or grease on a wine glass can take away from the taste of the wine. This is tragic, especially if the wine you’re drinking is expensive. You wouldn’t want to taint the taste of that great wine so make sure you inspect your wine glasses thoroughly before drinking from them.

Holding Them

When holding your wine glasses, you typically want to hold it by the stem with the bowl of the glass held in your palm. Of course, there is no right or wrong way to hold a wine glass, as long as you can drink from it. But if you are looking to show off your etiquette skills, you should study up on the proper way to hold your wine glass so that you don’t spill while you’re drinking and so you don’t offend your host if it’s a fancy dinner party, for example.

Cleaning

When you’re cleaning your glasses, it’s best to clean them by hand. That’s because wine glasses are so fragile. Wine glasses cleaned in the dishwasher can easily become broken and most glasses for drinking wine are not cheap. So make sure you clean them by hand and do a good job so as not to leave any smudges or lipstick marks that were mentioned earlier.

It is a long held tradition to drink wine from proper wine glasses. Everyone should support that tradition by drinking from correct wine glasses. You can choose from a multitude of fancy looking wine glasses. Choosing the right wine glasses adds to any occasion with wine.

Go away. Come back with wine.

Ken

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