Anyone who really drinks knows the importance of a cup. The color, aroma, and taste of wine will vary depending on the shape, size, and thickness of the cup. Sometimes the difference is obvious and easy to distinguish, sometimes it is subtle.
Logically speaking, every wine should find a suitable cup, but for daily use, such a permutation and combination is too cumbersome and pedantic, almost enough, too serious.
The body of the wine glass is wide and the mouth of the glass shrinks to varying degrees, which preserves the aroma of the wine in the glass. When tasting the wine, the nose is buried in the mouth of the glass, and you can smell the rich aroma that fills the entire small space.
Different cups have obvious effects on the aroma and taste of wine. Even people who have just started drinking can understand it, but to taste the difference in taste, a little more practice is needed.
The emergence of these cups of various shapes is not simply an inheritance of tradition. One of the work that the makers of wine glasses have done for a long time is to constantly experiment to find the perfect shape for each kind of grape.
The glass does not have any effect on the wine itself, but the shape of the glass determines the direction, intensity and way of entry of the wine, which in turn affects the aroma, taste, balance, aftertaste and so on.
In the traditional concept, large and robust cups are used to hold red wine, and thin-necked glasses that look more elegant and delicate are used to hold white wine. In fact, it’s not all—in fact, light wine prefers a smaller glass, while full-bodied wine is suitable for deep, long and wide glasses. It can be selected according to the quality and vintage of the wine, and the purpose is to make People better appreciate the wine in the glass.
There are two types of glasses that are professionally used for drinking wine: Bordeaux glass and Burgundy glass. The Burgundy glass is more round and shallower, almost spherical; while the Bordeaux glass is relatively deep and long. These two cups named by the grape producing areas can indeed be said to be tailored to suit the grape varieties of different producing areas-the Bordeaux glass is suitable for tasting and drinking grapes from the Bordeaux area, while the Burgundy glass is used in It is even better when tasting the Pinot Noir grapes with higher acidity from the Burgundy region.
Because different parts of the human tongue have different sensitivity to taste-the tip of the tongue is the most sensitive to sweetness, the back of the tongue is the most sensitive to bitterness, and the inside and outside of the tongue are sensitive to acid and salt, respectively. The design of the wine glass is based on this. The body structure and the difference in the order in which the wine wraps the tongue can balance the sweetness of the fruit and the acidity of the tannins, making the taste smoother. As for champagne, take a special champagne glass to drink-the shape of the champagne glass is slender and tall, so that the unique rich bubbles of champagne can be fully expressed.
