Why Are the Wine Glasses So Small?
Oct 8, 2012, 1:33 pm
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^ A great idea! As for a sippy cup of wine, what's wrong with that? I mean, whatever works... though the plastic would demean the taste of a genuinely good wine. 
Oct 8, 2012, 1:48 pm
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A standard glass of wine is 125 ml (sources: memory and this article)
AA's glasses don't seem that small. Anyone knows how much liquid they actually contain?
AA's glasses don't seem that small. Anyone knows how much liquid they actually contain?
And, even if the pour were to be 125ml, the reason for the larger glass is to increase the surface area to allow more air/wine contact as this has an impact on the flavor.
So, the small glass is still an abomination. (and yes, while everything I wrote is true, this last line is certainly hyperbolic and half-facetious
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Oct 8, 2012, 2:20 pm
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In any case, the stem glasses splash and tip very easily. I've had two spill (neither onto me, fortunately) in the past year, once by a FA and once by a window passenger bumping the minitray. The tumblers do not spill nearly as easily.
Oct 8, 2012, 3:06 pm
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Also to allow your nose to be in the glass when you take a sip; this has an enormous effect on the "flavor," which is really mostly the smell (bouquet, if you wish). This, to me, is the biggest problem with the small glasses.
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Cheers.
Oct 8, 2012, 3:24 pm
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Oct 8, 2012, 3:38 pm
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So, makes me wonder why is the annual "Food & Wine Festival http://www.foodandwine.com/classic " is held in Aspen?
They're the experts, not me. For decades, I've heard that the dry, thin air at altitude (equating to approx 8,000 feet) is not conducive to our senses of smell and taste. I've read explanations that the catering companies try to compensate for the diminished senses in their food and I've read that really fine wine is wasted if it's served at 37,000 feet because of the dry, thin air. Whom to believe?
Oct 8, 2012, 3:48 pm
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Oct 8, 2012, 3:56 pm
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This post reminds me of my second question - can you bring your own unopened bottle of wine onto the plane and have them serve it to you? If you bought it at duty free or something?
Oct 8, 2012, 3:57 pm
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Back on the reason I bumped this thread....is it really a new policy making is a no-no to serve wine in a tumbler? Or is this a made up FA rule?
Back on the reason I bumped this thread....is it really a new policy making is a no-no to serve wine in a tumbler? Or is this a made up FA rule?
Oct 8, 2012, 4:02 pm
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Paging Sluggo or Skylady to the white courtesy phone . . .