IT’S time to stop serving wine in tumblers and get a decent set of glasses, because the shape of a glass really does make a difference to the way wine tastes.
Wine connoisseurs have always claimed that the shape of the glass matters because it affects how close your nose gets to the wine and also how easily volatile aromatic compounds can escape. But Kari Russell of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville wondered if the shape of the glass affects the wine’s chemistry as well.
Russell measured the concentration of phenolic compounds in a Merlot as it sat in…
