Looking for new wine glasses? No matter your wine of choice ⁠— white, red or port ⁠— follow these expert tips before you buy the best wine glasses of 2020.

When hostesses and retailers say “crystal,” they usually are implying something fine, special and costly. In general, however, the term is used as a catchall for any type of fancy glass tableware.

“Glasses are instruments, a conveyor belt of sorts,” said Maximillian Riedel of RIEDEL wine glass company. “They convey the message of fine wine.” ...

And one way is to drink from the right glass. No, this is not going to be about those unbelievably expensive, hand-blown crystal wine glasses.

Does wine really taste better in specific wine glasses? That theory was put to the test one evening recently involving two very different wines and five radically different glasses.