Chef & Sommelier Sensation

The 20 cl bowl is meant for dessert wine, sherry and anything you pour in small measures. The 25 cl is the tasting size: small enough to line several up side by side, large enough to swirl in. The 31 cl is the everyday size for white wine and keeps it cooler than a larger bowl would. The 41 cl is the all-rounder for red and full-bodied white. The 19 cl flute closes off the range. For larger bowls, look at the wine glasses, and for tasting work at the tasting glasses.

A smaller glass is not a stingier glass, it is a different tool. Sweet wine and sherry are served chilled and in small measures, because otherwise they warm up in the glass before you are done. Fill the 20 cl to about half and the larger bowls to a third. The 19 cl flute keeps the carbonation tight and works both for straight sparkling wine and for a mimosa or a bellini at breakfast.

Sensation is made of Krysta, the factory's lead-free crystal glass, with a drawn stem and no seam. That makes the range suitable for daily dishwasher cycles. A limescale film shows up sooner on thin bowls than on thick catering glass; a dash of vinegar in the rinse water helps against that. Polish afterwards with a lint-free cloth and store the glasses upright rather than on the rim.

If you want to buy one set that dresses the whole table at once, have a look at the curated glassware sets page. If you are looking for the other ranges from the same house, from angular to classic bowls, they are at Chef & Sommelier. And if you regularly have a bottle left over after a tasting evening, the wine stoppers are the simplest way to keep it drinkable.