Chef & Sommelier Sequence

The wine glasses come in 35, 44 and 53 cl. The 35 cl is meant for white wine you want to keep chilled, since a smaller pour warms up less quickly. The 44 cl is the everyday size and suits both red and full-bodied white. The 53 cl gives powerful red wine room to open up. Alongside those there are flutes of 17 and 24 cl, the larger of which lets more aroma through, and a 47 cl beer glass for craft beer with a head. The wider choice is at the wine glasses and the craft beer glasses.

With this straight bowl the usual rule of thumb works slightly differently: pour to about a third rather than to where the glass looks widest, because that point sits higher here. Pour the 47 cl beer glass at an angle and then upright, so you are left with a head of about two fingers. The 24 cl flute is the shape for straight champagne, but it does just as well for a mimosa or a french 75 where the fizz has to stay put.

The range is made of Krysta, the factory's lead-free crystal glass. It is clearer and thinner than ordinary catering glass but still built for daily use, with a drawn stem and no seam. Everything can go in the dishwasher on a short glassware programme. When loading, watch the straight bowls: they stand less steadily on their own than rounded ones and can knock against each other.

If you want the same clean line but in a rounder bowl, have a look at the other ranges from Chef & Sommelier. If it is only the bubbles you are after, the full selection is at the champagne flutes. And if you serve champagne at the table rather than by the glass, the champagne coolers keep the bottle at temperature for as long as the company sits around it.