Posted by admin | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 11-12-2010
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Why Glasses Are Used To Drink Wine From
The amount of wine made every year is simply staggering. People drink it on every continent and more often than not, from a glass. The question is however, why do we use glass? Why not from a wooden goblet, mug or plastic cup? Sadly, there is no definitive answer for this. Actually, wine is enjoyed from a number of different containers, other than glass, in many different places. For example in Japan, wine is drunk from a ceramic vase-shaped container and in Thailand, wooden cups are often used. However, the overriding choice of tableware drinking vessel, wherever you go, is glass. As it happens this is not down to glass being particularly excellent, rather the alternatives being really just not that suitable. Let take a look at them shall we.
Wood. Wine is indeed drunk from wooden vessels as highlighted previously, although it doesn’t come without some big downsides. The first problem is staining, which is a common issue if your drinking red wine from your wooden cup. Even if it is very hard wood, discolouring will occur. Secondly, there is the issue of rotting, which frequency happens when wood gets wet for a long time. So you would have to spend time making sure it was bone dry after using each time.
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 ions can be released into the wine when it is in the vessel and these result in an altered taste. 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. For reasons like these, ceramic is a viable alternative, but it will never be number one. This is because, it is floored in a very basic way…its opaque. A large part of the experience of enjoying a fine wine is watching it swirl around the glass, admiring its body. Since glass was first developed, we have had the very simple and instinctive desire for this.
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