Your Trusted Guide to Wine Glasses in Canada
I’ll be honest with you — I used to think wine glasses were just wine glasses. A vessel is a vessel, right? Then a friend handed me a proper Burgundy glass at a dinner party in Toronto, poured the same Pinot Noir I’d been sipping from a basic tumbler all evening, and I nearly choked … Read more
Here’s a confession nobody at the LCBO will make for you: most of us have been drinking sherry wrong. Not wrong like a faux pas, wrong like physically wrong — out of a glass shaped for a totally different wine, which mutes the very thing that makes sherry worth bothering with in the first place. … Read more
The first time someone hands you a full-size red wine glass for a 30 mL pour of icewine, you understand immediately why this category of stemware exists. Icewine is concentrated, syrupy, and intensely aromatic — a glass that’s too big lets the bouquet evaporate before it reaches your nose, and a glass that’s the wrong … Read more
There’s a moment every port lover knows: you pour a glass of tawny on a cold January evening, lift it to your nose, and… nothing. The aroma just isn’t there. More often than not, the culprit isn’t the bottle — it’s the glass. Port wine glasses are built with a smaller bowl and a slightly … Read more
Here is a truth most Canadians never hear: the bottle of Prosecco you bought is probably better than you think — the glass you poured it into might be letting you down. If you’ve ever wondered why your bubbly tastes flat or oddly sharp, the culprit is usually the stemware. Choosing the best prosecco glasses … Read more
Picture this: you’ve just popped a bottle of Veuve Clicquot to celebrate a promotion, a birthday, or simply surviving a Canadian January. You reach for a glass — and suddenly realize you have no idea whether the tall, slender flute or the wide, shallow coupe is going to do justice to those precious bubbles. Sound … Read more
There’s something quietly thrilling about picking up a vintage champagne coupe glass — that wide, shallow bowl, the long elegant stem, the whole unmistakable vibe of a 1920s speakeasy. And here in Canada, where we take our celebrations seriously (from New Year’s Eve in Montréal to a backyard Alberta summer party or a cozy Vancouver … Read more
Picture this: it’s New Year’s Eve in your Toronto living room, the cork pops, golden bubbles rise, and you raise your glass for the toast — only to quietly wonder what’s leaching into that sparkling wine from the vintage crystal you inherited from your grandmother. That thought shouldn’t enter the equation. That’s why lead free … Read more
Picture this: it’s New Year’s Eve in Toronto. The clock’s ticking toward midnight, the Veuve Clicquot is chilled, and — oh no — someone hands you a squat water glass to toast the year. The bubbles vanish in ten seconds flat. The moment deflates faster than your resolution to go to the gym. The best … Read more
Picture this: it’s a warm July evening on your back deck in British Columbia, the sun is finally stretching past 9 PM, and you’ve just opened a lovely bottle of Italian Pinot Grigio. You pour it into a chunky, all-purpose goblet you grabbed from the back of the cupboard. You take a sip. It’s… fine. … Read more