<p>My husband’s the bonafide wine snob in our house and the Bordeaux glass in the following link is what we use for the big red wines we favor (we’ve had Reidels that are virtually indistinguishable from these, but we prefer these because I can fit my hand in them to clean them without breaking them). The Burgundy glass is a good choice for an all purpose glass. If you serve wine in a stemless glass you risk the disdain of the wine snob who holds his or her glass by the stem so as not to influence the temperature of the wine, especially a white.</p>
<p>C and B has good prices on wine glasses. I like Schott Zwiesel for everyday/dinner party use. They are relatively inexpensive and have several style lines. Be careful with some of the less expensive lines as the glass is fragile/thin and break easily when hand drying. (At least with my H and girls!) We do like stemless in the summer when we are on the deck, at the cabin or on the boat. They are less “tippy”. I even have a set of plastic cab glasses for very casual entertaining on the pontoon. They are perfect around the firepit at night!</p>
<p>Guess I should add I do use Riedel for “good” dinner parties/Holidays.</p>
<p>If you are entertaining for the Holidays I have a great drink to serve when everyone arrives! Fill half of a champagne flute with Prosecco and half with Limeade. Garnish with thinnly sliced lime or lemon. It is delicious, festive and very light. Starts parties out well and nice to have a toast with at the beginning. I usually arrange them on a tray and serve guests as they arrive. Seems to set the mood! I had this drink when I attended a wine tasting dinner where the chef paired his food and wines each course. He also served this at the beginning as we all entered the room. Very refreshing and easy!</p>
<p>I recently went to a school fundraiser wine tasting. They used the stemless large hard clear plastic disposable wine glasses that everyone like very much. I would recommend them when you are using disposables.</p>
<p>Tall wine glasses fit in our dishwasher just fine. There’s even a special fold down thingy that keeps the stems from moving if you only have four to be washed. </p>
<p>Our favorite party drink at this time of year is Glühwein. It’s supersimple:</p>
<p>1 bottle of red wine (nothing fancy)
1/2 cup sugar
small cinnamon stick
2 cloves
2 slices of lemon peel</p>
<p>Heat till hot, but don’t boil. Strain if you get too much foam.</p>
<p>It doesn’t even need fancy wine glasses. :)</p>
<p>mathmom, I like that too. I’ve gotten lazy so I have bought some bottles of “Holiday Wine” by The Brotherhood winery, which tastes fairly similar when heated.</p>
<p>mathmom, Thank you for the recipe. Someone else (not you; someone who is living in Germany) posted something about gluhwein (how do you do the umlaut?) and I meant to ask for a recipe but forgot.</p>
<p>Thanks to all for the suggestions. I am considering all the (stemmed) options. I’m not a wine snob, but I can’t see using stemless glasses for Christmas dinner. I could definitely see them for picnics or other casual occasions.</p>
<p>I would stick with the traditional stemmed glasses too, NYmomof2. Good choice. You don’t have to spend a lot on them-- you dont need the Reidel glasses. I have to confess, I have probably over 100 wine glasses in all shapes and sizes (we used to participate in monthly wine tastings and we have just somehow collected glasses along the way). None are terribly fancy, and I don’t get upset if/when some break. I am partial to the ones that come directly from the Napa vineyards and have the vineyard name etched on them. But I also like my 6 glasses that I bought for $1 apiece from Walmart!</p>
<p>And for those who have the stemless-- not to worry… Boones Farm tastes just the same in those glasses as in stemmed glases ;)</p>
<p>No, Jym, my post was not a response to yours; I missed your comments altogether and mistakenly posted before I reached the end of the thread (thinking I had). I did notice your post after I posted mine but it didn’t occur to me that my post did anything but bolster yours. I meant no offense and apologize for my sloppiness.</p>
<p>Stoltze lead-free crystal, made in Germany, very reasonably priced. I am leaning toward the Classic line, trying to decide which one to get. Like many companies, they make a different glass for every kind of wine!</p>
<p>I personally like the Mikasa goblets (currently on sale at Macy’s) which have various delicate designs etched on them. My guests like them, too, since it takes the guesswork out of figuring out whose glass is the one on the kitchen table and whose is the one on the bookshelf. :)</p>
<p>12 each of the Rotwein Magnum and the Weissweinkelch. I found what appears to be a restaurant supply store that has them for half of what everyone else is charging - only about $5/glass!</p>
<p>We loved them, and would have bought more, but they broke very easily, and we only have 1 left. They did not break from being dropped, or washed, or knocked, but just from being held. The stems snapped very easily. I know someone else with the same pattern, who had the same problem.</p>
<p>We got them at a Mikasa outlet a while ago, and so far, so good. But thanks for the warning about the clear ones!</p>
<p>Has anyone had any experience with wine glasses which are supposedly air-permeable and let the red wine aerate in them without swirling? I think it is baloney.</p>