Just tint it

ALL of those clear crystal glasses we insisted were necessary to show the glossy red of our glass of claret, or the grassy tints of a pinot grigio, are having to share table space with the new vogue for tints.

Now, before you tut-tut at pouring your favourite tipple into a pink glass, this trend doesn’t look to replace your current stem ware, but enhance how it’s styled for dinner parties and special occasions. So keep your red and white wines in their appropriate clear glasses but add in a water glass with a tint.

When it comes to glass tablewares in general — and there’s a fashion for glass plates too — if you use too much of it, the overall effect will create a weak, almost watery look on the table, and one where the food appears to be sitting on the tablecloth and not on the plate.