
Wrong answer... Wine Quiz Answer: A. To keep hands from warming the wine
Tasters have long insisted on holding the glass by its stem or even more pretentiously, by its foot. Then along come Riedel’s stemless “O” glasses. Guess rules are meant to be broken. Just like glasses.
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