Drinking glass for containing wine and for optimizing air mixed into the wine during swirling to enhance bouquet

Abstract

A drinking glass for containing wine and for optimizing air mixed into the wine during swirling to enhance bouquet of the wine. In an embodiment, the drinking glass includes a bowl that contains a physical obstacle to the wine during the swirling, which optimizes the air mixed into the wine. In another embodiment, the drinking glass further includes a stem that depends from the bowl, terminates in a base, and facilitates the swirling and observations thereof by not having the bowl visually obstructed during the swirling.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a drinking glass for containing wine, and more particularly to a drinking glass for optimizing air mixed into the wine during swirling to enhance bouquet. [0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art: [0004] Swirling, the act of making subtle circular motions with a glass of wine, exposes the wine to more oxygen so as to allow the more oxygen to get into the wine oxygenating the wine. Swirling aerates the wine and gives it a better smell by releasing volatile chemicals, i.e., esters, ethers, and aldehydes, that combine with the oxygen to yield the bouquet of the wine and which smooths taste of the wine. [0005] Swirling wine is a key feature when smelling and tasting wine. Swirling and twirling allows air to soften the wine and increases surface area of the wine by allowing it to move up the sides of the glass. Swirling the wine aids in a sniffing process, like decanting, it exposes the win...

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Benefits of technology

[0014] ACCORDINGLY, AN OBJECT of the present invention is to provide a drinking glass for containing wine and for optimizing air mixed into the wine during swirling to enhance bouquet of the wine that avoids the disadvantages of the prior art.

[0015] In one embodiment, the drinking glass includes a bowl that contains a physical obstacle to the wine during the swirling, which optimizes the air mixed into the wine to enhance the bouquet of the wine. In another embodiment, the drinking glass further includes a stem that depends from the bowl, terminates in a base, and facilitates the swirling and observations therefrom by not having the bowl visually obstructed during the swirling.

Problems solved by technology

Although no one can detect them all, swirling greatly increases the number of smells detectable.

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