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I do have some glasses, they were $5 for six of them on sale, but they are not real wine glasses, just normal glasses. I also use them for other drinks.
But I do not think drinking from wine glasses is pretentious, no more than drinking beer from a beer mug.
Various receptacles are designed for various beverages/foods. I'm not gonna start drinking my coffee from glass tumblers just because I've decided that mugs are somehow pretentious. I'm not going to start serving oatmeal on saucers, because I believe people have been brainwashed into thinking that bowls are the way to go.
interesting: I can understand the white but red to me has to be room temp.
Wrong. Red wine is ideal at cellar temperature, which has been mentioned in this thread a couple of times. OpenD provided a good explanation of how "room temperature" has changed and is now misleading.
Various receptacles are designed for various beverages/foods. I'm not gonna start drinking my coffee from glass tumblers just because I've decided that mugs are somehow pretentious. I'm not going to start serving oatmeal on saucers, because I believe people have been brainwashed into thinking that bowls are the way to go.
Your analogies don't fit, IMHO.
While I haven't experienced this first hand, I've heard over and over again that in the parts of the world (France and Italy, for example) where wine is more of a regular, everyday thing as compared to America, it's often drunk in tumblers, even in restaurants. I think this information is part of why specific "wine tumblers" are now marketed here from Riedel and others. However, with the prevalent way Americans think, they probably think they need specifically branded "wine tumblers" vs just regular juice glasses to do so.
I'm not one to call Americans stupid, like the fine folks on MSNBC or Bill Maher, but the pretense with wine is undeniable.
Wrong. Red wine is ideal at cellar temperature, which has been mentioned in this thread a couple of times. OpenD provided a good explanation of how "room temperature" has changed and is now misleading.
wow: back up and back off, I didn't mean what you said wasn't true, I was simply saying I enjoy it at room temp, plus most of us do not have wine cellers, basements, etc.
While I haven't experienced this first hand, I've heard over and over again that in the parts of the world (France and Italy, for example) where wine is more of a regular, everyday thing as compared to America, it's often drunk in tumblers, even in restaurants. I think this information is part of why specific "wine tumblers" are now marketed here from Riedel and others. However, with the prevalent way Americans think, they probably think they need specifically branded "wine tumblers" vs just regular juice glasses to do so.
I'm not one to call Americans stupid, like the fine folks on MSNBC or Bill Maher, but the pretense with wine is undeniable.
I haven't been to Italy but have been to France and Spain; in both countries I have had wine out of a stemmed wine glass only. I don't know if this is true in individuals homes though. I have also enjoyed wine in Poland, UK and Hong Kong, always served in a wine glass...Maybe that is just for tourists, I don't know. I have watched the Food Channel though and the same, seen wine served in wine glasses. For those who want to drink their wine out of a tumbler or cup so be it. I am sure, the quality of wine most of us drink will not be affected by the container it is in.
Wrong. Red wine is ideal at cellar temperature, which has been mentioned in this thread a couple of times. OpenD provided a good explanation of how "room temperature" has changed and is now misleading.
Except she's NOT wrong.
She clearly stated that "red wine, TO ME, must be room temperature". That's a matter of personal taste. It can't be wrong. It doesn't matter what's generalized recognized as ideal, if an individual likes or doesn't like something a certain way.
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