There’s a reason why people drink wine out of wine glasses. Did you ever wonder why, when you go into a restaurant, people drink wine out of certain glasses and not just any old glasses, such as the ones they drink soft drinks out of? It’s because wine glasses have a certain look about them. They hold a certain amount of status, a certain amount of class, and they make any occasion a fanciful one. So if you’re going to drink wine, never should you use just any old glass. Make sure you 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.
There you have it. Drinking from wine glasses is a long held tradition. If you’re going to drink wine, you should do it in the proper glass, such as one of the many different types of fancy looking wine glasses.
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