The rising “trend” of drinking wine has led to the increase of different wine gadgetry, special corkscrews, coolers, pouring baskets, decanters, bottle jackets, thermometers, ranging from electric to manual ones for each version. Hopefully all of the glitter of these gadgets are laid to rest and the novelty puts them back in the cupboard where they belong.

Wine glasses are a necessity no wine drinker should be without. They are essential part of wine drinking, they allow for proper aeration, look pretty, and are great to show off. Red wines benefit from more contact to air so Friendship School Red Wine would taste better in a wider glass as different glasses work well with different wines. The heavier and older the wine, the more contact with air it needs. Don’t be afraid to top off your glass because each bottle of wine contains 6 glasses worth of wine.

White wines like Friendship School White Wine, don’t need to breathe as long and are best served chilled. White wines end up with a long stem and smaller bowl. Swirling isn’t too much a a necessity, the stems are long to keep your hand off the bowl and warming the wine. This might affect the taste of your wine, and who wants to drink bad wine?

Champagne is usually drank from a glass known as a champagne flute. The bowl is long and narrow, and that allows for the bubbles to float through more of the wine. This benefits the appearance and taste significantly.

The last major type of glasses are sherry schooners, which can be used for port wines. Heavy red wines need to breathe, an example of these are Port and Sherry. Heavy red wines are recommended to be drank from a decanter which aerates the wine very well while it sits. Schooners lack stem if they have any at all because the warmth of your hands keep it the right temperature. Surprisingly a white wine like Riesling Wine works great with a schooner as well.

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