Luigi Bormioli Supremo

Start with the wine you serve most often. The 35 cl bowl is intended for chardonnay and other white wines that should stay cool: the smaller the capacity, the faster the glass is emptied and the less the wine warms up. The 45 cl suits chianti and pinot grigio and is the most versatile size in the series. For bordeaux, choose the 55 cl, whose narrower bowl concentrates the tannins. The 65 cl Burgundy is the widest and intended for pinot noir. If you are unsure, compare it with the large wine glasses and the white wine glasses.

Do not fill a glass beyond the widest point of the bowl. In the 65 cl Burgundy glass, this is approximately 15 cl; in the 35 cl glass, about 10 cl. This leaves enough air above the wine for smelling and swirling. The 24 cl flute is narrow enough to retain the bubbles for a long time and works just as well for dry champagne as for a kir royal or a champagne cocktail.

The bowls are crystalline glass drawn in one piece, so there is no glued join between foot and stem. That saves breakage at exactly the point where wine glasses normally give way first. They are dishwasher safe, but stand them upright in a rack with compartments and not leaning against one another. The thin rim remains the most vulnerable part.

If you want to see what else the brand makes, take a look at Luigi Bormioli. If Supremo is too large for your cabinet, more compact stemmed glasses are grouped among the red wine glasses. If you are mainly looking for a sparkling wine glass, you will find all shapes under champagne flute glasses. And if you want to let a young red wine breathe first, do so in one of the decanters.