bordeaux glass

Served in a bordeaux glass, the coffee is set on fire before drinking.

A set of six Bordeaux glasses from Riedel is a perfect gift, at about $100.

Thus there is a "traditional" Bordeaux glass and a "traditional" Burgundy glass.

The company also sells six of the 22-ounce Vinum Bordeaux glasses for $99.99; four Burgundy glasses are $64.99.

Burgundy glass: broader than the Bordeaux glass, it has a bigger bowl to accumulate aromas of more delicate red wines such as Pinot noir.

Bordeaux glass: tall with a broad bowl, and is designed for full bodied red wines like Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah as it directs wine to the back of the mouth.

In 1959, his Exquisit Bordeaux glass was named the Most Beautiful Glass in the World by the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y.

Less obvious, perhaps, are the advantages of the fat Burgundy glass - said to highlight the earthiness of the pinot noir grape - and the tall, narrow Bordeaux glass, supposed to bring out the subtleties and elegance in that remarkable wine.

You will find not only red wine glasses and white wine glasses, but red Bordeaux glasses and white Bordeaux glasses, Chianti glasses, cabernet glasses and dozens of other glasses.