Holding a wine glass...

[chasingflys]

Good Morning..this is my first time on this site and I have an interesting but perhaps odd question: what is the correct way to hold a wine glass? I always held the glass by the stem, however, I was at a wine tasting event presented by a top company and an 'expert' informed us that the correct way was to hold the glass by the base, only using the stem to pick it up or sit it down on a table, etc. I've tried using the 'base' method and it is a bit disconcerting...