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Wine Is Drunk From a Glass Almost Everywhere, But Why?
Wine is one of those drinks that it universal. People drink it on every continent and more often than not, from a glass. Has the question ever crossed your mind though, why glass? Why not from a mug, wooden goblet or plastic cup? Unfortunately, the answer is not black and white. You will find in fact a number of different alternative materials used in various countries that wine is drunk from. For example in Japan, wine is drunk from a ceramic vase-shaped container and in Thailand, wooden cups are often used. 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. Wine is indeed drunk from wooden vessels as highlighted previously, although it doesn't come without some big downsides. Firstly, if you are drinking red wine there is a high chance the wood will stain. Even the less porous harder woods fall victim to this fate before long. Further to this, wood has a habit of rotting when its remains wet for any great length of time. So after each use, time would have to be spent drying it out and removing any moisture.
Metal. If you've ever used a metal vessel to consume wine from, you'll understand how the flavour is not quite right. Metals have a lot of ions and with a lot of wines, something called displacement can occur. This means that when the wine comes into contact with the metal it absorbs a number of the ions and effects the flavour. 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 these reasons it utilised an an alternative, however it will never be as popular as glass due to one elemental floor - you can't see through it. Part of the joy of drinking a nice wine is swirling it around the glass examining its colours and textures. It is a very primitive desire and it has stuck with us ever since glass was invented.
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