DIFFERENT T YPES

OF DRINKING
GL ASSES
WHICH GLASS FOR WHICH DRINK?
RED WINE GLASS
• GLASSWARE FOR RED WINE SHOULD HAVE A
LARGER, ROUNDED BOWL IN ORDER TO SWIRL THE
WINE EASILY AND HELP AERATE IT.

• A LONG STEM WILL ALSO KEEP THE HAND AWAY

FROM THE DRINK IN ORDER TO PRREVENT IT FROM
BECOMING TO WARM
WHITE WINE GLASS

• THIS TYPE OF WINE GLASS SHOULD HAVE A SMALLER MOUTH

AREA, AND THEREFORE SMALLER SURFACE AREA TO AERATE
SO THAT THE WINE DOES NOT OXIDIZE TOO FAST

• THIS IS IN ORDER TO RETAIN THE LIGHTER, MORE DELICATE

NOTES THAT WHITE WINES WILL GENERALLY HAVE.
FLUTE GLASS
• SPARKLING WINE NEEDS EVEN LESS SURFACE
AREA, AS THIS WILL HELP PRESERVE THE BUBBLES
AND STOP IT FOM GOING FLAT TOO QUICKLY.

• ALSO USE FOR CHAMPAGNE COCKTAILS

COCKTAIL GLASS

• USE TO SERVE COCKTAILS WITHOUT ICE, OR ‘’UP’’.

• TRADITIONALLY, COCKTAIL GLASS IS AN INVERTED

CONE BOWL, WHICH CAN COME IN A VARIETY OF SIZES,
USUALLY AROUND 3-6 OUNCES
HIGHBALL GLASS

• IS A GLASS TUMBLER USED TO SERVE TALL

COCKTAILS AND OTHER MIXED DRINKS THAT
CONTAIN A LARGE PROPORTION OF A NON-
ALCOHOLIC MIXER, AND ARE POURED OVER ICE.
LOWBALL GLASS

• OLD FASHIONED GLASS, OR ROCK GLASS, ARE ALL

NAMED FOR SHORT TUMBLER WITH A SOLID BASE
WHICH HOLDS 6-8 OUNCES OF LIQUID

• THESE LOW GLASSES CAN ALSO BE USED FOR SERVING

A NEAT POUR OF LIQUOR
IRISH COFFEE GLASS

• HOT COCKTAILS SUCH AS AN IRISH COFFEE OR HOT

TODDY ARE BEST SERVED IN AN IRISH COFFEE
GLASS, WHICH IS MADE WITH HEAT-RESISTANT
GLASS AND HAS A HANDLE ATTACHED, ENABLE
YOU TO HOLD THE DRINK COMFORTABLY
HURRICANE GLASS

• DEVELOPED BY NEW ORLEANS TAVERN

OWNER PAT O’BRIEN IN THE 1940S, WAS FIRST
POURED INTO HURRICANE LAMP-SHAPED
GLASSES; HENCE THE NAME
MARTINI GLASS

• MARTINI WERE ORIGINALLY SERVED IN COCKTAIL

GLASSES BUT THE DRINK EVOLVED INTO A VARIETY OF
VODKA-BASED ‘’TINIS’’ THROUGH THE 90S AND THE
SERVING SIZE GREW

• HAS A LARGER BOWL THAN TRADITIONAL COCKTAIL

GLASS
MARGARITA GLASS

• MARGARITA WERE TRADITIONALLY SERVED IN A

MARARITA GLASS A STEPPED-DIAMETER VARIANT OF
COCKTAIL GLASS.

• RARELY SEEN IN GENERAL BARS AND HOMES, AS IT

HAS BEOM THE NORM TO SERVE MARGARITAS IN MANY
OTHER VESSELS, FROM PINT GLASSES TO DOUBLE OLD
FAHIONED GLASSES
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS