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How to Select Wine Glasses for Esteem Boosting Elegance and Every Day Drinking
Make Others Feel Amazing While Boldly Pushing Through Neurosis
One of the greatest issues facing elegant society today is limiting ourselves to one set of lesser quality wine glasses. This can often look like a quick afterthought at garden parties, leaving the host wondering if they should have done more to impress. The solution as sophisticated sommeliers and wine tasters alike is to thoughtfully acquire a wide array of wine glass sets, so you will have plenty to choose from based on season and type of soiree.
This can often look like a quick afterthought at garden parties
I first noticed the problem when I attended the opening of an exclusive art show in the SoMa district of San Francisco. Everything was absolutely fabulous. The venue was minimalist. The catering was superb. The wine was exquisite and the glassware was from a discount box store. It was horrifying. I recoiled in terror on the inside as I smiled and chatted effortlessly on the outside. The use of inexpensive wine glass sets persists because of their wide availability, price level, and mass oversight by elegant event hosts and the like. French vintner, Jean-Charles Boisset would agree. As President of the Boisset Collection, a family-owned producer and importer of wines from France, California, Italy, and Canada, Mr. Boisset attends the world's most exclusive winery events as well designs crystal glassware for luxury ateliers such as Baccarat (Baccarat, n.d.). We wouldn't catch Mr. Boisset with a plastic cup in hand.
The wine was exquisite and the glassware was from a discount box store. It was horrifying.
A Realworld Danger of Using Discount Glassware
Discount glassware can impact us significantly as it can lower confidence. Our hearts can sink as we ask ourselves, how did I not notice these wine glasses are less than stellar? How could I have brought these esteemed members of the New York writers guild together and served them vintage shipwrecked Cabernet Sauvignon in these … glasses? The thought can be too much to bear actually.
Many causes of low self-esteem may include ongoing stressful life events (Better Health Channel, 2014).
The realization that you have been serving your friends and community rose Perricone in juice cups from the hardware store and thinking it was okay could be quite traumatizing. One outcome of low self-esteem we can see is that the elegant person “pushes themselves and become an over-achiever to atone for what they see as their inferiority” (Better Health Channel, 2014). This is fine, but we still should still feel and make others feel amazing while pushing through the neurosis, or boldly pursuing perfection, however you choose to look at it.
“Wine is the ultimate expression of the senses and art and living. It requires the most refined vessel in which to present itself.”- Jean Charles Boiseset (Baccarat, n.d.)
Steps to Selecting the Perfect Glassware
Step one. Book a one-on-one appointment at an ultra-high-end luxury store well in advance, and ask them to change out the offending vessels with a set of stemless wine glasses handcrafted from crystal glass and fortified with titanium to ensure longevity. You would need a set for red, and a set for white. Elegant wine tasters know that it is crucial to taste from vessels with shapes that allow the wine to breathe, boosting its aromas and your self-confidence as it releases its flavors, and enhances the experience(Gollin, 2021).
Step two. Surprise a friend or relative with a set or two of elegant gold-rimmed bar wear pieces (Gollin, 2021). This is a multi-layered elegance power move. Firstly, you receive self-confidence-boosting energy vibes from the universe as a reward for mustering up the ability to give such a luxury item to someone you care about. Secondly, you are spreading the luxury confidence energy to the next person, allowing them to boost their confidence. The third layer of confidence-boosting power is that your friend will have a wine and cheese party out in the garden, and their neighbors will be blasted with esteem boosted energy when they lift their wine glass and realize they have been invited to such a classy soiree.
Step three. Be sure your wine glass selections were handcrafted and imported from elegant places only. Possibly Paris or Mexico City. Elevated confident people select a glass that has a signature to the exclusive area, such as charming pieces “made by France’s oldest glassmaker and adorned with bee patterns, a symbol of Provence” (Gollin, 2021). Handmade glasses from Mexico also feature short cylindrical shapes and are rustic in nature giving them a unique bespoke look for sipping at charity lunches for the yacht club wives.
Achieve Complete Confidence by Presenting Wines in Elegant Glassware Every Time
We have seen that limiting ourselves to lesser quality wine glasses can lead to repeated stressful life events causing low self-esteem and anxiety-driven perfectionism. We now also know that this major cultural issue facing society can be resolved with a personal oath vowing to avoid disasters like the SoMa art show debacle. Let's make the switch, darling, and commit to elegance in our everyday wine drinking for the greater good.
Let’s make the switch, darling
References
Baccarat. (n.d.). PASSION COLLECTION. Retrieved from baccarat.com: https://www.baccarat.com/en/passion-collection/
Better Health Channel. (2014, 08 24). Better Health Channel. Retrieved from Self-esteem: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/self-esteem
Gollin, R. (2021, January 7). FOOD & COOKING The Best Wine Glasses for Everyday Drinking. Retrieved from marthastewart.com: https://www.marthastewart.com/8040435/best-wine-glasses?slide=b2e1bee1-8c8b-424e-a1c7-d9fbf15bc2ed#b2e1bee1-8c8b-424e-a1c7-d9fbf15bc2ed