| If you want to be different from the crowd, you | | | | friends look in awe at your wine serving |
| should serve your guests their wine in antique | | | | stemware. |
| wine glasses and this is why. We do know | | | | What I'm talking about is using antique wine |
| implicitly that each beverage should be served in a | | | | glasses. Now antique glasses are an interesting |
| particular type of vessel. You won't serve beer in | | | | type of glass that is loved by many, particularly |
| crystal, just as you won't serve whiskey in a | | | | by collectors. I have a friend who is a wine |
| coffee mug. But what is the situation with serving | | | | connoisseur, who collects everything related to |
| wine? | | | | wine, and his collection of antique wine glasses is |
| First of all, depending on the alcohol you are | | | | truly impressive. If you can find an antique wine |
| serving to your friends and guests, you will use | | | | glass that the person doesn't yet have and |
| different vessels for them. For example, beer | | | | you've decide to gift it to them for their birthday |
| should be served either in the can, its own bottle | | | | or any anniversary, you will have won a friend for |
| or those specially made beer mugs or heavy | | | | life. |
| glasses that you usually find around the October | | | | For example you can find antique etched wine |
| Fest in Germany when the big festivities are | | | | glasses, or antique crystal wine glasses, antique |
| underway. Whiskey is also usually served in its | | | | green wine glasses, and even some colored in |
| special whiskey glass, and liqueur in smaller glasses | | | | pink, believe it or not. The choices are almost |
| made specially for then. And when you look at | | | | unlimited, however their price is quite high at |
| champagne, you do have special glasses for those | | | | times, depending on where you get them from, |
| as well. Try serving it in beer glasses and you | | | | so sometimes you might end up paying a nice |
| might lose a friend or two in the process. | | | | chunk of money to buy them. |
| When you serve wine, however, there are many | | | | Wine should be served based on a proper |
| choices out there, and people really do it | | | | etiquette and this is where the antique stuff |
| differently, from household to household. There is | | | | comes in. Even if you buy them for your own |
| simply not one type of wine glass that is | | | | use, and not to give as present to others, you |
| commonly used to serve this drink. I've seen | | | | should not use them every time you drink wine. |
| some people serving wine even in regular water | | | | They should really be only used for certain |
| glasses. It is not a clear cut case scenario. And | | | | occasions, as these are truly exquisite pieces of |
| this is where you can come in and make your | | | | art. |