Which style of wine glass do you prefer?

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DP thinks that chunky, cut-glass wine glasses are best - "classier" is one word that has been used.

I prefer nice simple glasses, not too thin and fragile, but definitely no fancy engraving. The chunky ones make me think of medieval banquets with Brian Blessed chewing on a large chunk of pig. Or Boycey and Marlene from Only Fools and Horses.

Who's right? (Well, obviously I am, but what does the majority here think?)

Clean looks better. But will show up smudges more.

It's a fashion preference. The left feels dated but doesn't mean it's wrong. Depends on the audience

Depends on the wine/drink.

Red in the cut glass, white in the plain one.

I prefer stemless wine glasses.

Don't care if the wine is good! But the one on the left looks too small for red. I prefer the look of the one on the right.

I like plain for day to day, and we have some fancy ones DHs gran bought us as a wedding present and they do look lovely on a properly laid dinner table. We've had them out over Christmas and I do like them.

Clean does possibly look better but there's something very luxurious feeling about the heavy crystal one in your hand, we have these as a 25 year old wedding present and get them out for special occasions. Wouldn't drink white wine out of them but I only really drink red anyway. So chunky wins overall, even if they are dated. Also I like the way they sparkle when sitting on the laid table waiting to be filled.

House red in stubby duralux glasses. French burgundy (white), in very thin stemmed glasses (not too big), nice red in large stemmed glasses. It really depends on the drink!

Same, the freebies from laithwaites do the job just great.

I agree about house red in Duralex glasses.

All other wine glasses must have a thin lip.

The one on the left is something your granny would have!! Very 80/90s!!

I prefer plain, but I did inherit some fancy Waterford ones from my Nan, and I like using them sometimes to remind me of her.

(As a side point, many of those faceted glasses were made from lead crystal, and that's why you don't see them now.)

Anything described as 'classy' or 'classier' by definition isn't.

I used to hate faceted/cut glass but they are designed to catch and reflect light, and so on a beautifully laid table they can look really good, in a rather opulent way (especially in candlelight).

I think part of why I hated them was because they would have looked totally out of place in the places I lived, and the sort of table I could lay, a much simpler look worked better.

Now that I’m older I have developed a sneaking fondness for them but I’ve never bought any, I have lots of glassware and I’m not changing style now.

I prefer plain tumblers, but as I consume about 1/2 a glass of wine a year, I shouldn’t have a view at all!

Stemless. I shouldn’t vote really as I don’t like wine.

I prefer a full glass🍷

Cut glass is beautiful (although I'm not a fan of the shape in the picture). It's out of fashion so I pick it up cheaply in charity shops.

There's no worry about breaking one accidentally if you haven't spent a fortune and so I use them frequently.

They are weightier, ring beautifully and sparkle more. The weight also helps them not get knocked over so easily.

Personally I prefer mismatched - which is lucky as we're a clumsy household!

Wine tastes better out of a fine/thin glass in my opinion

I've got some beautiful lead crystal glasses inherited from my mum. They look beautiful on the table. But hand washing them is a pain.

The lead doesn't make them unsafe.

The one on the left reminds me of the Esso glasses you could collect back in the 70s and 80s.

My preference these days is a stemless wine glass. I’ve had too many breakages to keep replacing stemmed wine glasses. We do keep champagne flutes though.

How does your white stay cool?
The point of a stem is to hold that, not the bowl of the glass, otherwise hand heat warms the wine.

I like different glasses for different drinks. Stemless for red, plain for white and crystal cut brandy glasses and crystal cut champagne saucer glasses. I love glasswear.

Are you suggesting you don't see 'lead' crystal anymore because it contains lead? If so, you are wrong. It is still produced, the lead is not harmful

The term lead crystal is, technically, not an accurate term to describe lead glass, because glass lacks a crystalline structure and is instead an amorphous solid. The use of the term remains popular for historical and commercial reasons, but is sometimes changed to simply crystal because of lead's reputation as a toxic substance. It is retained from the Venetian word cristallo to describe the rock crystal (quartz) imitated by Murano glassmakers. This naming convention has been maintained to the present day to describe decorative holloware.[4]