wine glasses

[TheEngineer]

Oscar night....board is rather quiet....must be that everyone is pulling a pinot noir and counting down.....

Anyways, welcome aboard from a fellow newbie. Glass do make a big difference in the way wine is enjoyed but I think that there is a fine line between reasonable and .. "either you are really rich or" ....

There are lots of styles out there. To get an idea, I would suggest that you look at the website for Riedel (a wine glass maker) as they have all the styles and all the associated wines that they work for displayed visually. You will find that even within their voluminous list, there are different shapes for the same wine (i.e. Burgundy, Sommelier level has a outward curving lip whereas the extreme and the vinum do not).

I'm sure others will be onboard soon to explain why certain wines need certain glasses but the riedel site should give you a good start.