Wine glass best for Champagne, says Pernod

Tuesday, 21 October, 2014
Neal Baker, The Drinks Business
Pernod Ricard’s Frederico Lleonart has caused quite the ‘coupe’, arguing that a simple white wine glass is superior to the classic Champagne serving options.

While the topic of Champagne glassware has been causing division among connoisseurs for years, the most common fault-line lies between serving in a flute or a coupe.

Champagne commentator Richard Juhlin released a series of glasses two years ago which featured a fatter design of Champagne flute that he argued to be superior, while the classic coupe still attracts on the style front, with the glass modelled on Kate Moss’s breast (à la Anne Boleyn) causing a storm of publicity recently.

But now, one industry figure has said that, for the best Champagnes, the simple white wine glass is a cut above the rest.

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