Wine is wildly popular, and there’s an industry behind it all that continues to grow. Many people care about not only their wine, but their glasses. As a result, red wine goblets. continue to grow in popularity.

People all over the world are in love with wine. Some might call it an obsession, and rightly so. From wineries to wine of the month clubs, there are so many things to feed the obsession of so many connoisseurs. Even magazines are huge. Due to the tradition of wine goblets, there’s been a great revival of the ancient drinking device in recent years. This is one of the many things that people do when they take their wine drinking seriously.

Wine goblets of all shapes, sizes, and materials have been used for hundreds of years. The oldest European wine glasses with the traditional stem and foot were enamelled and date from the 15th century. The end of the 1500s in Germany saw wine being drunk from decorated covered glasses.

The most important part of wine tasting is the shape of the wine glasses. Wine glasses create the balance of flavor needed to fully appreciate the tasting experience. A wine glass was made with the shape they have for very specific reasons.

How to enjoy and get the most out of wine. Does the smell of a cork tell you anything? How many different shapes of wineglass should you buy? And what’s the deal with decanting? In this episode, the sommelier instructors at The Wine School of Philadelphia discuss how to get the most pleasure from a [...]