Jun 15 2009
Why Do We Use Wine Glasses and Not Another Vessel?
Wine has an international appeal. Every continent on earth has embraced it and sampled it from glass cups ever since they came about. What we should be asking ourselves however is, how come glass? Why not from a mug, plastic cup or wooden goblet? The answer may not exactly be what you expected. You will find in fact a number of different alternative materials used in various countries that wine is drunk from. For example, wooden cups are used in Thailand and in Japan they often drink their wine from a ceramic vase-like cup. However, the overriding choice of tableware drinking vessel, wherever you go, is glass. It’s really more a result of other methods not being appropriate than glass being that special in any way. Lets examine what else is on offer.
Wood. Wine is indeed drunk from wooden vessels as highlighted previously, although it doesn’t come without some big downsides. First off, the wood often gets stained in you choose to drink red wine from it. Even if it is very hard wood, discolouring will occur. further more, rotting can often take place in the wood if it has liquid on it for a while. So it would have to be dried out thoroughly after every use.
Metal. If you have ever drunk wine from a metal cup you will know it’s not the best experience ever. something called ‘displacement’ takes place with lots of wines as a result of the high ion count in most metals. This means that when the wine comes into contact with the metal it absorbs a number of the ions and effects the flavour. This is why you often pick up metallic notes when drink from this type of cup. Also, because of its very heat-conductive qualities, almost any other material would keep the wine cooler when you’re holding it
Ceramic. Like glass, ceramic is non porous, does not release any of its qualities into the wine, and can be easily cleaned with a glass cloth. This is why lots of people do use ceramic, although there will never be as many people as use glass because, very simply, you cannot see what is in the vessel. Part of the joy of drinking a nice wine is swirling it around the glass examining its colours and textures. The desire is a very instinctive one and something that has been around since the development of glass.
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