Chef & Sommelier Sequence

The wine glasses come in 35, 44, and 53 cl. The 35 cl is intended for white wine that you want to keep cool, because a smaller pour warms up less quickly. The 44 cl is the everyday size and suits both red and full-bodied white wines. The 53 cl gives powerful red wine room to open up. There are also flutes of 17 and 24 cl, with the larger size allowing more aroma to emerge, and a 47 cl beer glass for specialty beer with a head. The wider selection can be found under the wine glasses and the specialty beer glasses.

With the straight-sided goblet, the usual rule of thumb works a little differently: pour to about one-third full, not to where the glass appears widest, because that point is higher here. Pour the 47 cl beer glass at an angle, then straighten it, leaving a two-finger head. mimosa or a French 75 where the carbonation needs to stay in.

The range is made of Krysta, the factory's lead-free crystal glass. It is clearer and thinner than ordinary catering glass but still built for daily use, with a drawn stem and no seam. Everything can go in the dishwasher on a short glassware programme. When loading, watch the straight bowls: they stand less steadily on their own than rounded ones and can knock against each other.

Would you like the same sleek line but with a rounder bowl? Then take a look at the other series by Chef & Sommelier. If you're only looking for bubbly, you'll find the full range among the champagne flute glasses. And if you serve champagne at the table instead of by the glass, the champagne coolers will keep the bottle at the right temperature for as long as your guests are seated around it.