glass purchases

[Brom]

The Bordeaux shape is a tulip shape - like a U, fatter at the bottom tapering to the rim. Shaped not exactly like a tulip, but close enough that the term evokes the shape and vice versa.

Several riedel glasses are tulip shaped and I know they recommend them for Bordeaux - the Vinum for example.

Essentially, there really are three basic proper wine glass shapes: balloon, flute, and tulip. Not all tulip glasses are identical but their family relationship is obvious - look at the vinum and an INAO glass.