Arcoroc Mineral

The size determines what each glass is meant for. The 27 cl is the smallest bowl and suits a full-bodied white wine, or a half glass in a tasting flight; fill it to about a third. The 35 cl is the all-rounder for white wine, with enough room above the liquid to hold on to the aroma. The 45 cl is the bowl for red wine: it lets the wine breathe without you overfilling the glass.

The 16 cl flute is kept narrow, which keeps the bubbles rising in a longer, straighter line. If you often serve sparkling aperitifs, this is the size you want several of.

Always hold a stemmed glass by the stem, because your hand warms white wine within a few minutes. Fill a wine glass to the widest point of the bowl and no higher; above that you lose the space where the aroma gathers.

Fill the flute to about two thirds, in two goes: a first splash to let the foam settle, then top up. For a kir royal or a mimosa, put the syrup or juice in the glass first and pour the sparkling wine in gently along the side.

Arcoroc makes Mineral from tempered glass. That means the bowl and the rim have been through a heat treatment that makes the glass more resistant to knocks and to the temperature swings of an industrial dishwasher.

Place the glasses separately in the rack and don't let the bowls touch, because most breakage happens while loading rather than in the machine. Dry the glasses with a linen cloth while they are still lukewarm, and no limescale streaks will be left behind.

This brand's wider range can be found under Arcoroc glasses, where the tumblers and beer glasses from the same manufacturer are listed too. If you would rather search by shape than by series, have a look at wine glasses in general, at the white wine glasses or at the champagne flutes. For the aperitifs the 16 cl flute was made for, the kir royal and the mimosa are set out step by step.