How you hold your wine glass says more about you than you think

Say wine, snacks or haute cuisine and the food lovers of online food magazine FavorFlav know where to drink, how to eat and what to cook. This time our chefs serve you: everything about holding your wine glass.

Take a good look at the group of wine-drinking companions around the next drink. How you hold your wine glass says a lot more about you than you think…

And then the question is: how many ‘alcoholics’ do you count in the group?!

Type 1: the alcoholic

Because yes, if we are to believe etiquette expert William Hanson (who also taught us how to eat pizza, peas and with crème brûlée), then the alcoholic holds a wine glass in a typical way. Namely by the bowl – and that is a way that is not really appreciated in wine country. If you grab the bowl, your hand warms the wine. Plus: your greasy fingers leave prints on the glass. Real no-gos. Why alcoholics grab their wine glass by the bowl is unclear. Maybe because they have more grip on it that way and can pour it down as soon as possible? hoort te eten), dan houdt de alcoholist een wijnglas op een typische manier vast. Namelijk bij de kelk – en dat is een manier die niet echt wordt gewaardeerd in wijnland. Pak je de kelk namelijk beet, dan warmt je hand de wijn op. Plus: je vette vingers maken afdrukken op het glas. Echte no-go’s. Waarom alcoholisten hun wijnglas bij de kelk grijpen, is niet duidelijk. Misschien omdat ze er zo meer grip op hebben en de boel zo zsm naar binnen kunnen gieten?

Remarkably: in royal circles, this way of holding the wine glass is not seen as an etiquette mistake. On the contrary, if you have blue blood, then grabbing the bowl is ‘how it should be’. In the past, it was a way to show that you were of royal descent. It showed that your hands were clean and did not stink. Do you see someone in your group holding a wine glass by the bowl? Then there are two options: either you are dealing with an alcoholic, or with a descendant of the Oranges.

Type 2: the braggart (or pimp)

According to Hanson, it is also not the intention to grab your wine glass by the foot. That says about you that you are a ponce : a rather boastful person. (Or a pimp, which apparently also means.) Moreover, that is quite awkward, don't you think? One bump against it and your wine is guaranteed to spill over the edge. And we all know: the later it gets, the greater that chance. ponce blijkbaar ook betekent.) Bovendien is dat nogal onhandig, vind je niet? Eén stoot er tegenaan en je wijn klettert gegarandeerd over de rand heen. En we weten allemaal: hoe later het wordt, hoe groter die kans.

This is how it should really be

No, there is only one right way to hold your wine glass, and that is by the stem. That is the official wine etiquette. Your wine stays at the ideal temperature, you don't make the glass dirty and you can easily swirl the wine in your glass.

Etiquette expert William Hanson

Now I can imagine that during such an evening of drinking wine, quite a few personalities come to the fore. That you start neatly at the stem, and then end up with the bowl in your hand. On the bar. Half hanging in the lights. Well, around 03:00 am, we are all a bit of an alcoholic, right?

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