I have a lot of stems (and a few stemless glasses), but am not compulsive a bout matching wine to stem. I most often use a white wine glass in the 12-1
4 oz range (for whites or lighter reds), or maybe the Zalto universal. If a claret or serious Burgundy, I will bring out those, but that's maybe once a week.So last night I'm solo. There's a stoppered bottle of Champagne in fridge, and I'm going to open a PN for dinner. I'll use the Zalto white wine glass (probably #1 in my rotation), I have a small glass of the bubbles as I'm pr epping dinner (paprika Cornish hen with peppers, celeriac, carrots etc). Th en I put pan in oven and pour the red. Now I'm reading recipe
So I'm distracted after stirring veggies (deciding how to adjust timing) an d turn around with slotted spoon extended in my hand- bang, I watch in horr or as expensive glass falls over on sink edge and rolls into sink- 2 chance s to smash. Shockingly, it survives. That is one tough glass. I have a bunc h of the Schott Zweisel break resistant glasses, and wouldn't have thought badly of them if one had smashed in that scenario.
Oh yeah, the 2007 Scherrer Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley). Nice, ripe bu t not overripe or hot (abv is 14.5, more than my usual but not high for CA PN I guess) , black cherry, earth and herbs, later in night a bit of coffee . Not super complex but quite tasty. I've enjoyed Scherrer Zin before, thin k this is first PN, won't be last. B+