Wine Glasses: all you need to know about them.
Dear wine lovers,
maybe not everyone knows how to choose wine glasses, how do you wash or place the wine glasses on a table.
There are many different wines, so any type of wine needs a specific type of wine glass.
First, wine glasses are stemware, and then have a stem and a cup.
This keeps them from the stem without soiling the Cup with your fingers, and most important, do not heat the wine, which was at the right temperature.
The glass must be perfectly transparent and thin, preferably not colored.
How to wash and store wine glasses.
Glasses must be odorless so better don’t use dish soap which are very fragrant and rinses short, if you’re not sure after the wash cycle, continue with a short cycle with no soap. Avoid keeping the glasses in places where they get bad odors. If in doubt, it is best to wash with soap before putting them on the table.
Type of wine glasses.
There are 4 main wine glasses:
- glass of white or red wine young a tulip-shaped;
- the important red wine glass with a cup-shaped balloon;
- flûte for sparkling wines, with a cup of long, narrow;
- the small tulip swirl the glass for dessert wines.
How to set a table.
The glasses on the table should be placed from left to right in the order they will be used.
On the far right the tulip shaped up for the whites and to the far left of the tulip-shaped one for the dessert wine.
When the wine list to accompany your meal is very long it is better to use a pitcher where guests can empty their glasses before pouring the wine.
To avoid mix up I suggest a cup shaped like a water glass, so with no stem.
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Author
Luciana Cilemmi
Luciana Cilemmi, deals with Magazine, Style Director and Co-founder of Tenuta Torciano winery and Tenute Giachi wines and the innovative Viviarium Restaurant of Bottega Torciano- Tenuta Torciano & Winery is part of an international reality that is born in Italy by an initiative of Pierluigi Giachi and Luciana Cilemmi, who have worked for years in the Italian wine market , expanding throughout in the United States, managed and controlled by the american company ' Bellavini winery. Luciana Cilemmi was born in San Gimignano to a family of artists specialised in the restoration of medieval buildings. Having completed her technical studies, she now pursues the interests passed on to her by her family, like her passion for artistic objects, in particular works of art created in Tuscany between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. But she reserves her keenest enthusiasm for the historic works completed in San Gimignano between 1100 and 1300. Alongside her love of medieval history, she is fascinated in wines produced from Tuscan vineyards, which, together with saffron and wool, were the most sought-after goods traded by the wealthy noble families of San Gimignano already in medieval times. Luciana Cilemmi left San Gimignano at the age of 21 and embarked on a pilgrimage in search of knowledge and to discover the new winemaking skills and products that were then developing both in Italy and in France. In the meantime she added to her knowledge of wine by attending specialised courses and becoming a master of wine. On returning to Siena, she discovered a wonderful area near Murlo where she fell in love with the tiny, unspoilt village of Montepescini. She bought the estate of Montepescini where, based on the experience she had acquired over the years, she found a particular lie of the land, special climatic conditions and an altitude suited to the creation of great wines. With enormous enthusiasm, doggedness and considerable effort, a reclamation programme was started to renew the terrain which was then used to plant 30 hectares of specialised vines. Sangiovese is the dominant vine, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. Years of experimentation and the introduction of new winemaking techniques eventually led to the creation of Luciana di Memmi’s prestigious wines. Some years ago, Luciana Cilemmi succeeded in realising her dream of a lifetime: to return to her home town, San Gimignano. She was destined to buy the historic palace with the medieval tower, which had been owned by the prestigious Useppi family from 1200 to 1927 and had then passed to the noble and historic Chigi family of Siena. The Useppi were a powerful Sienese family who owned several castles. This beautiful medieval building has an elegant and distinctive façade full of Sienese and Pisan architectural influences. If you find yourself in San Gimignano, make sure you visit the Chigi Tower and Palace. Luciana Cilemmi holds regular events in the rooms of the medieval tower, such as the presentation of wines, both from her vineyards and elsewhere, attended by international journalists, experts from the sector and critics. She also organises exhibitions of works of art and paintings, and press conferences on the subject of "Wine in San Gimignano during medieval times”. Visiting the home of Luciana Cilemmi is like re-living an aspect of the past that will not return except through the imagination of those who have believed and continue to believe in this story.
