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Stemless Wine Glasses – A Guide to the Perfect Wine and Glass Pairings
Roxanne Robinson
Europeans, mainly the Italians and Spanish, have been drinking from short, wide-mouth tumblers with straight sides for centuries. For instance, Spaniards favored these inexpensive stemless wine glasses generally from Bromioli Rocco. The Italian glassware company has Spanish roots dating back to the Middle Ages. More commonly known as bodega glasses, the stackable and simple glasses are ideal for tapas and a hearty Rioja.
These glasses have inspired today’s’ concept of the stemless wine glass. Notably, wine experts and novice drinkers are now turning to styles that recall a traditional wine glass, only with the stem lopped off.
Likewise, Matthew Kaner, an award-winning sommelier, wine club director, wines merchant, and proprietor of Los Angeles wine bar, Bar Covell, agrees. Arguably, the stemless wine glasses’ durability is their appeal. “Not worrying about breaking the stem is a nice perk! They are less easy to knock over, and they feel good in your hand,” he offers, adding stemless wine glasses are perfect lakeside, poolside, or on the golf course serving multiple purposes.
To point out, his collection of wine glasses includes styles from European maker Schott Zwiesel, whose glasses are durable, elegant, and reasonably priced. Kaner was introduced to expensive wine in college, but despite lofty beginnings, he mostly enthuses the stemless glasses’ virtue.
