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Not sure of which wine goes in what glass? Just keep in mind that wine glasses were not designed to merely impress your guests.

That tall flute glass, for example, not only helps bubbles circulate in chilled champagne. Its slender stem also allows you to hold the glass without raising the champagne's temperature.

Learn more about the purpose of glasses for a variety of wines and champagnes at top sites featuring expert guides, advice and serving tips...

Buying Wine Glasses - An extensive consumer guide from Strat's Place.com including suggestions for purchasing crystalware with average sizes and costs, general tips on storage and maintenance, with a link to additional info on cleaning decanters and wine glasses.

Serving: Glassware - A down-to-earth discussion with lots of sound advice on what to look for when purchasing wine glasses along with cleaning tips and a link to more on all the fuss over Riedel stemware.

Serving Wine - A wine temperature chart, instructions on how to decant wine, tips on the wine-pouring ritual and an illustrated guide to wine glasses with what wines go where.

Fine Living: Wine Glass Care - From the online home of the TV network with brief reviews of the ultimate in wine glass cleaning products and accessories, with prices and links to where to purchase.

Table Setting & Etiquette - From the St. Supéry vineyards with handy advice for setting the formal dinner table, including a convenient chart to properly situate the wine and water glasses, and more on decanters, apéritifs and centerpieces.

Sizes - wine glasses - A page on the different glassware used for wines with simple illustrations and a bit of history. This site is about sizes... not just of wine glasses but of everything. Great for just browsing around if you are a trivia buff or for some reason interested in the sizes of different everyday items...

also see feature story -> A Brief History of the Wine Glass

also see in Entertaining -> Table Settings

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