{"id":10449,"date":"2014-10-21T09:55:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T14:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=10449"},"modified":"2014-10-21T09:55:29","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T14:55:29","slug":"does-the-glass-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/21\/does-the-glass-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the Glass Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In The Drinks Business\u2019<\/a> post Wine Glass Best for Champagne, Says Pernod<\/i> the notion of a flute and coupe is put to the challenge. Perhaps the best glass for sparkling wine is a white wine glass. This made me recall the glasses we used while in the Pened\u00e9s Cava region of Catalonia and Barcelona a week ago.<\/p>\n

We only had cava in a coupe once. We were wondering the streets of Barcelona and discovered Can Paixano, a crowded restaurant with standing room only. The restaurant serves cavas, sandwiches and tapas. We sampled two cavas, a brut nature and a demi-sec, both served in coupes to the very top. While in the Pened\u00e9s wine region tasting some of the 50 Great Cavas<\/a>, we did not have any cavas served in coupes. The cavas were either served in flutes or white wine glasses. This was about even with perhaps a slight edge to the flutes.<\/p>\n

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Coupes and flutes are used to serve cavas.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the Pened\u00e9s region of Catalonia, Spain, cavas are served in white wine glasses and flutes.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The article and our experience made me think that I should conduct some research to discover if the glasses do make a difference. At the moment, I have a nice stock of cavas, and have a couple coupes, several flutes and several white wine glasses. Some question that I am interesting in collecting data include:<\/p>\n

Which glass keeps the bubbles longer?
\nWhich glass keeps the cava the coldest for the longest period?
\nWhich glass does a better job identifying the aromas?
\nIs the taste different between the glasses?<\/p>\n

One thing about wine research is there is always an excitement in conducting it. I\u2019ll let you know my findings.<\/p>\n

Cheers,
\nTerry<\/p>\n