Different Glass Shape of Wine

Apparently, each type of Wine glass shape on their own. A good wine is distinguished from the taste, odor and physical appearance when it played in the glass. All this of course will be supported by proper selection of glasses. In fact there are few wines that can show feeling best only when they are presented in the proper glass.

Wine glass has three main components:
Primary (base): is a major supporter of the glass, and maintain the upright position.
Stem (stem): where you hold the glass so it will not move to the Wine your body heat and also prevent you from leaving marks on the surface of the glass.
Body (body): a place that caters to all taste the drink served.

All wine glasses are designed for wine can be enjoyed in a way that fits. The design of these glasses are not made haphazardly. In general, there are four types of wine glasses are often used, although in special cases this rule can be slightly changed.

Red Wine Glasses
Shape glass for red wine is more rounded than other wine glasses. Stems are also smaller because a lot of people who tend to hold the body while enjoying a glass of this beverage. Glass body parts are also made more broadly so that the wine will be more in contact with air so that makes it to emit a bold aroma and flavor. The complex flavor of red wine becomes softer when in contact with air.

White Wine Glasses
Glass for white wine has a sleek shape with a long stem. This glass body shape resembling the letter U, so that the aroma channeled appropriately and Wine are set to stay cold for a long time. The slim shape will cause people to hold the glass rod, so that white wine is very sensitive to temperature will not be disturbed by body heat peminumnya.

Wine glass white lips form this will distribute wine to the sides and front of the mouth, so that the sweet taste of white wine will actually stroked peminumnya tongue. Variants of this white wine glass a lot, because it depends on the sense of Wine, which is presented. Kerenyahan, Wine age young or old, even the power of white wine will affect the type of glass.

Glass of sparkling wine
Glasses for similar types of sparkling white wine glasses. The difference is, his body a little longer. Forms like this will help when the wine is poured, and hold carbonation in the wine to stay awake as much as possible. Long stalks used for reducing the contact with the body because the type of sparkling wine, like champagne, is very sensitive to changes in temperature or heat the body of the drinker.

Wine glass dessert
Known also as an aperitif glass (alcohol trigger appetite). Usually used to present the port, sherry, liquers and various other types aperitif. Wine is the standard size is 120 ml, the goal is to form a body that is small enough so that the wine will be sent to the rear of the oral cavity, and the sweetness of this dessert wine will not turn off taste in the mouth of peminumnya. Wine of this type typically have a high alcohol content, so the small cups will be perfect for the presentation of dessert wine.

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