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Post by parisianfields on Jun 5, 2010 15:00:12 GMT -5
This week at A Woman's Paris, we were working on a blog about Veuve Clicquot (the woman and the champagne) and a friend told us to be sure to mention that there are three types of champagne glasses. The shallow coupe is now considered retro, the tall flute is pretty much the norm, but there is also one called the tulipe, which is tall but narrows towards the top and is apparently the best at holding the bubbles and the flavour. We'd never heard of the tulipe and wondered if anyone else has them or has used them and whether they really do improve the experience of drinking bubbly. awomansparis.wordpress.com |
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Post by GitteK on Jun 5, 2010 17:04:20 GMT -5
I like the tulipes best, cuz thems de biggest......... ;D ;D Sad about the shallow coupe going out of style, I find them sooooo elegant. Said to have been modelled over Marie Antoinette's breasts ! This week at A Woman's Paris, we were working on a blog about Veuve Clicquot (the woman and the champagne) and a friend told us to be sure to mention that there are three types of champagne glasses. The shallow coupe is now considered retro, the tall flute is pretty much the norm, but there is also one called the tulipe, which is tall but narrows towards the top and is apparently the best at holding the bubbles and the flavour. We'd never heard of the tulipe and wondered if anyone else has them or has used them and whether they really do improve the experience of drinking bubbly. awomansparis.wordpress.com |
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Post by sunshine817 on Jun 6, 2010 17:06:10 GMT -5
The shallow coupe allows the bubbles and the aroma to dissipate too quickly to allow the drinker to truly appreciate either -- and the wide, flat surface area is also said to allow cold champagne to warm far too quickly. (but yes, it looks cool) Snopes.com debunks the shape theory here: www.snopes.com/business/origins/champagne.asp(I'd heard it as Diane de Poitiers....) Yes, I've used tulip flutes in the past -- I don't own any, for no other reason than I just don't -- they're harder to find than a straight-sided flute. I think that yes, it does concentrate the aromas at the nose, much like a balloon does for a well-aged red. The straight-sided flute is fine, though...the object of the tall and narrow is to keep the bubbles alive for as long as possible. Most of the large houses pour your taste in a small straight-sided flute when you go on a tour, so apparently they think it's okay, too. |
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Post by GitteK on Jun 7, 2010 3:14:15 GMT -5
The narrow, tall straightsided flûtes are impossible to drink from, IMO.  Yes, I know about the shallow coupes jeopardizing the bubbles, but that would not be a problem for me.  Never experienced a bottle of champagne that could go stale faster than I could drink it ! ;D |
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Post by geordy on Jun 7, 2010 6:13:18 GMT -5
Yes along with Gitte's train of thought I was going to say the "bubble retention" doesn't really matter because it doesn't last that long...there is a quote someone saying "Life, like champagne, should be gulped not sipped" Or vice versa...  A friend swears by her old shallow glasses..but they have straight sides....not curved like anybody's appendages!  |
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Post by GitteK on Jun 7, 2010 6:28:09 GMT -5
Here you go........  Another argument for the classic "coupe": how ever could you imagine squeezing Dita von Teese into a flûte de champagne to do her bubblebath stunt ? |
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Post by sunshine817 on Jun 7, 2010 10:49:59 GMT -5
Dita von Teese would have adoring fans if she performed her act in an old oil barrel.
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Post by phread on Jun 8, 2010 1:36:56 GMT -5
Mine are tulio shaped. Not as tall as the others, which makes them less likely to break and I get em cheap at the Vaisellerie on the rue de Rennes.
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Post by geordy on Jun 8, 2010 6:31:05 GMT -5
The old "pyramid champagne fountain" only works with the coupes as well!!!! ;D ;D
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Post by framboiseetrose on Jun 8, 2010 15:49:27 GMT -5
We used to have a neighbor in the late 60s (does that give away how old I am? Oh, my.......) who danced naked in a champagne glass and it is the same shape as in Gitte's picture! I swear her hair was taller than she was which made my family chuckle even now (guess we have long memories). I couldn't see her fitting in a tulip-shaped glass..........
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Post by geordy on Jun 8, 2010 18:50:07 GMT -5
Let's face it..the coupes are a bit hard to drink out of w/o spillage(horrors! ) if the glass is full(always good) or if you are on your nth(also good  ) Though back in the day when I was mostly drinking out of them...the traditional Gitte photo curvy ones..what I was drinking was not so good.....  And even some of the" romantic" resorts of the Poconos..that's Pennsylvania for those who don't know...upgraded from heart shaped bathtubs to Champagne Glass tubs..traditional coupe of course.! ;D Never quite made it to one of those! |
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Post by GitteK on Jun 9, 2010 2:34:37 GMT -5
>>or if you are on your nth<<Eeehhh, geordy ?..... (looking hard in the mirror front and back, groping around ample body)......... where the H*** do I find my nth ? Or does it mean "or if you are on your knees", suggesting rather kinky undertakings in the boudoir..... ? And exalt to dear Lilia for lovely "tra-la-la" story from way back in funnier times ! 
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Post by geordy on Jun 9, 2010 6:28:00 GMT -5
"nth" = infinity, a too large to define #, etc like your third coupe or millionth!!
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Let the riot begin! LOL - 
hahahha