Shopping for Champagne Stemware

2012 March 27
by welovejam

We enjoy our bubbly. It can be the real thing or from other regions or countries, but if it has bubbles and tastes great we are happy campers. Sparkling wine also is a fantastic companion to a wide range of foods. Most people when shopping for wine reach for a red or white, but we encourage you to venture out and try the wide selection of sparklers out there since they pair so well with all kinds of foods. Even the cheap domestic stuff like the organic Korbel for $15 we buy at Safeway is pretty good for everyday drinking. For some reason Whole Foods doesn’t sell this though.
korbel

But then what to drink it out of? Now stemware for sparkling wine is divided into three categories: flute, tulip and coupe. The flute is the long thin triangle-shaped glasses like this:
flute

The tulip is pretty self explanatory. Here is a nice set by Orrefors:

The last style will be familiar if you have ever watched an old movie since they usually drank out of the shallow bowl coupe glasses that were in vogue in the first half the the century.

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In preparation for the past New Years, during which time we had to work unfortunately, Eric became obsessed with getting some coupe glasses. Maybe it was the childhood memories of sipping ginger ale out of plastic disposable ones when he was a kid and his family would attend the Newport Music Festival or maybe it was all those vintage movies he grew up watching, but he could think of nothing else for weeks on end until he found the perfect coupe.

And then reality struck. All the places online that sell coupe glasses are in Europe or in Australia. For some reason this style is more popular abroad. It was with great luck he finally secured the style he liked dirt cheap and for sale here in the states.

The agony of waiting for them to arrive in the mail was torture, but when they did and we poured some bubbly in them we were instantly disappointed. First, the smell from the wine isn’t as strong since it is not concentrated by the thin neck of the glass, and thus when drinking it (smell is a powerful component of taste) nothing tasted as good as in a tulip which is what we were used to. Also, like drinking out of a martini glass spills are much more likely. You just have to nudge the glass and tidal wave will jump out!

However, when it comes to visual impact the coupe really looks classy in a vintage glam way. So there you have it. Choose a style you like the best, but if you are a serious connoisseur stick to the narrow neck versions. And if you want to dress up in black tie with Anything Goes as background music, bust out the coupes!

Sources for buying online:
Williams Sonoma
Overstock.com
Restaurant Source
Wasserstrom

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