Wine Training:

Glassware and Taste

 Glassware
• Glassware changes the way we perceive wine
 Glassware Basics
• Champagne Flute
– Helps keep the bubbles
intact longer
 Glassware Basics
• White Wine Glass
– This has a smaller bowl
to concentrate aromatics
and not allow too much
air to touch the wine.
– It also keeps the wine
cooler for a longer
period of time
 Glassware Basics
• Red Wine Glass
– The has a larger bowl to
allow a lot of air to
contact the wine which
will help bring out the
aromas in the red wine
 Different Glass Shapes
• Delivers the wine to different parts of our
mouth
 Tannin and Acidity
• Tannin

• Acidity
 Different Glass Shapes
Delivers the wine… Riesling Glass
• To the tip of your tongue
 Riesling
High in acidity and often sweet Riesling Glass
 Different Glass Shapes
Delivers the wine… Sauvignon Blanc Glass
• Front part of tongue
 Sauvignon Blanc
High in acidity Sauvignon Blanc Glass
 Different Glass Shapes
Delivers the wine… Burgundy Glass
• Front part of tongue • Chardonnay & Pinot Noir
 Chardonnay & Pinot Noir
Fruit forward with low tannin Burgundy Glass
 Different Glass Shapes
Delivers the wine… Bordeaux Glass
• To the middle tongue • High tannin wines
 Cabernet Sauvignon
High Tannin Bordeaux Glass
• Middle of tongue can
absorb bitterness
 Tasting Tannin
Tannin has bitter taste
• A person usually tastes
tannin (the bitter flavor)
during or after they swallow
the wine.

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