Why Do We Use Glass To Drink Wine?
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Wine is one of those drinks that it universal. Every continent on earth has embraced it and sampled it from glass cups ever since they came about. What we should be asking ourselves however is, how come glass? Why not from a plastic cup, mug or wooden goblet? The answer may not exactly be what you expected. Wine is actually drunk from a number of non-glass containers in different countries. For example, wooden cups are used in Thailand and in Japan they often drink their wine from a ceramic vase-like cup. However, the overriding choice of tableware drinking vessel, wherever you go, is glass. It’s really more a result of other methods not being appropriate than glass being that special in any way. Lets examine what else is on offer.
Wood. As mentioned previously, wine is drunk from wooden cups in some places but it does have some major flaws. Stains are the first major issue, which more often than not occur as a result of red wine drinking. Discolouring will even happen with hardwoods. Secondly, there is the issue of rotting, which frequency happens when wood gets wet for a long time. So it would have to be dried out thoroughly after every use.
Metal. If you’ve ever used a metal vessel to consume wine from, you’ll understand how the flavour is not quite right. something called ‘displacement’ takes place with lots of wines as a result of the high ion count in most metals. This basically means that some of the metals ions move into the wine and so affect the taste. This is why you often pick up metallic notes when drink from this type of cup. Also, because of its very heat-conductive qualities, almost any other material would keep the wine cooler when you’re holding it
Ceramic. Like glass, ceramic is non porous, does not release any of its qualities into the wine, and can be easily cleaned with a glass cloth. For reasons like these, ceramic is a viable alternative, but it will never be number one. This is because, it is floored in a very basic way…its opaque. When you are tasting wines, you want to be able to study their unique aesthetic qualities and consistencies. It is a very primitive desire and it has stuck with us ever since glass was invented.
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