Bormioli Rocco Tre Sensi

The 30.5 cl is the white wine bowl: narrow enough to keep the wine cold and still roomy enough to get a good nose on it. The 43 cl is a middle size that copes with full-bodied whites and with light reds, which makes it the safest choice if you only want to buy one size. The 55 cl is the generous bowl for aromatic red wine, where the scent only really opens up once you swirl it. The flutes of 15 and 21 cl differ only in capacity: the 15 cl is an aperitif size, the 21 cl a full glass.

Never pour more than a third into a bowl. In the 55 cl that comes to about eighteen centilitres, and the empty space above it is the whole point of the glass. Swirl with the foot on the table, in small circles, until the wine leaves a film on the wall. In the 15 cl flute you pour a Kir Royal as an aperitif, and the 21 cl takes a full Mimosa with orange juice.

The rim is drawn thin and that is the vulnerable part. With this series, damage almost always starts at the top rim and not at the stem. Place the glasses in the dishwasher so that the rims stand free and do not touch each other. Choose a cycle that does not go above sixty degrees, because hot air in the drying phase makes glass dull over time.

For bowls even more generous than the 55 cl, look at the red wine glasses, and for the smaller sizes at the white wine glasses. All the sparkling models are gathered under champagne flutes. You will find the rest of the brand under Bormioli Rocco. If you want to let a young red breathe before it goes into the glass, do that in a decanter.