Port glasses?
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If you are going to use those for port you should not fill them as high. Fill only to the widest point of the "bulge"
Here is an interesting post on the "port forum" regarding glass shape and size if you want to read it.
http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5033&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
Here is an interesting post on the "port forum" regarding glass shape and size if you want to read it.
http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5033&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
That looks more like a liqueur glass. I've always wanted to try one of these for port:
Judge:That looks more like a liqueur glass. I've always wanted to try one of these for port:
These glasses look so cool...where do you get them?
The port glasses I have just look like tiny wine glasses.
That looks more like a liqueur glass. I've always wanted to try one of these for port:
The first thing that leaped to mind was a childs sippy cup. Seriously.
Yeah they look a bit lame or perhaps 70s, or both. The idea is, IIRC, that the top layer of the port oxidises almost immediately and you want to be drinking the port from underneath. NFI if there's any merit in that.
Google "port glasses" or "port sippers" or "port pipes" and you will likely find any one of a number of willing vendors happy to cater to your port consumption requirements.
Google "port glasses" or "port sippers" or "port pipes" and you will likely find any one of a number of willing vendors happy to cater to your port consumption requirements.
They look like little mice - they have tails and feet.
Well, with two of them there ... I thought of a "beer can hat" but designed for two port bottles ... for attending highbrow tractor pulls and bowl games.
They look like fine port glasses to me. Mine have a less pronounced bowl with a smoother transition to the neck but the principle is the same.
That looks more like a liqueur glass. I've always wanted to try one of these for port:
An ex gave me a pair of those 20 odd years ago. She called them "port pipes". I've never been game to use them for fear of breaking a stem. They used to sit on a shelf above the "liquor cabinet" at my old place, but The GF pronounced them far too ugly for public display in the new.
A traditional "port glass" looks like a mini-wine glass. It is smaller to keep anyone from drinking all of your precious port! A "port pipe" looks like this and is meant to allow your hand to gently warm the port while sipping:
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Yours looks like a mini-wine glass designed to gather the aroma for sniffing in between sips. The bowl may also be designed for gentle hand warming.
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Yours looks like a mini-wine glass designed to gather the aroma for sniffing in between sips. The bowl may also be designed for gentle hand warming.
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