Champagne glass effect of bubbles rising to the top. The flute's narrow cross-section also minimizes the oxygen-to-wine ratio, which enhances both the wine's aroma and taste. While most commonly used for sparkling wines, flutes are also used for certain beers, especially fruit beers and Belgian lambics and gueuzes. The flute shows off the beer's color, and helps gather the aroma for the nose. The champagne flute is distinguished from the pilsner glass, which lacks a stem. The champagne coupe is a shallow, broad-bowled, saucer shaped stemmed glass generally capable of containing of liquid. Legend has it the shape of the coupe was
Champagne (color) Champagne (color) The color champagne is a name given for various very pale tints of yellowish-orange that are close to beige. The color's name is derived from the typical color of the beverage Champagne. The color champagne is displayed at right. The first recorded use of "champagne" as a color name in English was in 1915. At right is displayed the color medium champagne. The medium tone of "champagne" displayed at right is the color called "champagne" in the "Dictionary of Color Names" (1955) in color sample #89. The deep tone of "champagne" displayed at right is the color called