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
Ryan (given name) Ryan (given name) Ryan is an English-language given name of Irish origin. It is primarily a male name. It comes from the Irish surname "Ryan". See Ryan (surname) for more information about the origins of the name. Popular sources typically suggest that "Ryan" means "little king" or "illustrious", although the original meaning of the name is obscure. For Ireland, information is available for 2005 and 2006, which shows a popularity rank of 10th and 14th, respectively, for use of "Ryan" as a male given name for newborn children. In Scotland of the 1990s, "Ryan" was the most popular forename for