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Does the Rim of the Wine Glass Really Make a Difference?

When you talk to most wine enthusiasts, much importance is placed on the glassware's rim and most will say that it indeed makes a difference. Ask most of them why and they will almost always explain it as perception.

We agree that drinking garbage wine from a thin or sheer rimmed wine glass won't help the wine but when drinking a quality wine from sheer rimmed glassware, perception and the feeling of the rim on your lips is only part of it. Not only does a sheer rimmed wine glass allow you to taste more of the wine than that of the glass itself but it also helps direct the flow of the wine in more of a precise manor to the appropriate area of the tongue. A sheer-rimmed or thin-lipped wine glass will also help to allow more oxygen into your mouth which will help to "volatilize" the wine (the same principle as "slurping" when tasting a wine) and send more of a flavor experience to the nasal cavity which has a much higher taste perception than the taste buds on our tongues. Thick rimmed glasses simply do not perform these functions.