Bormioli Rocco Restaurant

The two bowls differ mainly in headspace. At 42.5 cl you have a glass that is roomy enough for white and light red wine and that does not get in the way on a crowded table. The 52.5 cl gives a full-bodied red wine the room to open up, provided you fill it to about a third. The 43 cl tumbler is the water and soft drink glass that belongs alongside it, and the 24 cl flute is unusually roomy for a flute shape, which is handy if you also pour an aperitif into it. The 8.1 cl grappa glass completes the line.

Hold a bowl by the stem, not by the belly, and the wine will not warm up from your hand. Pour to the widest point and not a millimetre higher: on the 52.5 cl that is about a third of the glass. Make an aperol spritz in the tumbler with plenty of ice, three parts prosecco, two parts aperol and a splash of soda water. The roomy flute also takes a bellini with peach purée, which you stir gently upwards so the bubbles survive.

The bowls are blown in one piece, with no glued seam between stem and bowl. That is exactly where cheap wine glasses break, and it is why this series holds up in a commercial dishwasher. The rim is also heat-treated and therefore less prone to chipping. Stand the glasses upright in a glass rack and do not rinse above sixty degrees; that keeps the glass clear.

Looking for another model from the same brand? Have a look at the rest of Bormioli Rocco. If you want a larger bowl with a thinner wall, you are better off with the crystal wine glasses than with this hospitality version. For grappa and limoncello there are separate small glasses with the limoncello glasses. And to keep the narrow flute clean on the inside, a glass brush works better than a tea towel.