Wine glass the wine. To preserve a crisp, clean flavor, many white wine glasses will have a smaller mouth, which reduces surface area and in turn, the rate of oxidization. In the case of sparkling wine, such as Champagne or Asti, an even smaller mouth is used to keep the wine sparkling longer in the glass. Champagne flutes are characterised by a long stem with a tall, narrow bowl on top. The shape is designed to keep sparkling wine desirable during its consumption. Just as with wine glasses, the flute is designed to be held by the stem to help prevent the
Cathedral glass which the texture of the glass is treated, with the color, as a significant design element. Cathedral glass Cathedral glass is the name given commercially to monochromatic sheet glass. It is thin by comparison with "slab glass", may be coloured, and is textured on one side. The name draws from the fact that windows of "stained glass" were a feature of medieval European cathedrals from the 10th century onwards. The term "cathedral glass" is sometimes applied erroneously to the windows of cathedrals as an alternative to the term "stained glass". "Stained glass" is the material and the art form of