what are the best wine glasses?

Answer 1

No definite answer. If you asked my wife, you would get a different answer than me. I am looking for something comfortable to hold and not too thin a glass (and not too thick either). I like plain short stem, small 5-6 ounce bowl for white and a plain short stem 8-10 ounce bowl for red. We break them too often for a major investment. We have crystal but don't use it aside from holidays (and I prefer drinking out of my inexpensive everyday glasses anyway). I could not even name a brand (aside from the baccarat or waterford....etc stuff). Just get something nice from the Pottery Barn, Fortunoff, Macy's......etc and don't pay more than $5 per glass.

Answer 2

even though I work in the wine biz in napa, and I should tell you to buy the expensive reidel glasses. This is what most of the wineries around here have. But too expensive for my blood, and I am a total klutz and am bound to break them. i personally buy my glasses at Target. Reidel makes a lower priced line for Target called Vivant. they come in sets of four for like $40. I bought three different sizes. champange flute, red wine and white wine.

you can also get glasses at Crate and Barrel & Pottery Barn that don't break the bank and come in other shapes.

As far as the type/style to get. I usually hear the winery folks at Copia, the wine museum in Napa recommend a Sauvignon Blanc glass for the white wine and Bordeaux glass for the reds. They work with most red and white wines.

Answer 3

The most famous moderately-expensive wine glasses are from Riedel, Schott Zwiesel, or Waterford. Riedel does make some less-expensive lines as well. There are more expensive makers than these but I just don't care to spend that kind of money.

I like wine and we drink it at home fairly often, and I never felt deprived back when we didn't have expensive wine glasses. We have some now, but I don't use them often.

There is a new line from Luminarc (the Villa series) that is shaped very nicely -- they have two tulip-shaped sizes (one for riesling and one for chardonny, I assume) and two balloon sizes (one for Burgandy and one for Bourdeaux) plus a flute for champaigne, all at a very affordable price. I just bought a bunch of these myself for everyday dining and they are super for the money.

If you're not too too picky (and I'm not!) just buy a tulip for white wines and a balloon for reds, plus maybe the flute if you drink champaigne a lot -- and poof* you're a wino. Er, ah, wine expert.

Answer 4

The ideal wine glass has a really simple design:
* a stem to hold it without warming the wine unless you want to
* a 3-4" diameter near the bottom of the bowl
* a slight inward curvature at the top to retain the bouquet when properly filled about halfway

Answer 5

For whatever wine you are drinking, use the riedel glass for that wine. Riedel is the best because it breathes. Try an experiment using a reidel crystal glass and a joker glass like a libby glass glass. Glass does not breath and therefore it mutes the wine.

Answer 6

Stepping out on a limb here -- the ones with wine in em.

Answer 7

http://www.raybanchina.net/

One that i bought before.

Answer 8

Full ones. Good times!!!