Weekend wine with Blake Creedon

EVERYONE knows how movies and sport can look and sound better on an upgraded TV. Even if you’ve no major interest in gadgets, you can see the benefits of widescreen high-definition TV.

So why then are so many avid wine fans oblivious to how much better wine can taste from the right glasses?

The classic wine glass — generous in size, and shaped like an unopened tulip — didn’t evolve by accident: it’s been designed around the unique makeup of wine to show it at its best. The generous bowl allows your wine to ‘breathe’ and to contain and concentrate those aromas, it tapers inward towards a lip as slender and elegant as that of a china teacup.