A Touch of Glass

<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB10693598953418200,00.html?mod=Tastings">WSJ.com - Tastings</a>: What makes an everyday, all-purpose wine glass good?

1. Clear, unadorned glass.
2. A nice, long stem so we can hold the wine without warming it, and gently slosh it around.
3. A capacity of at least 20 ounces. We only pour a little wine into the glass, of course, but this size allows us to swirl it as much as we want, to get some air into it, and it also feels comfortable and generous in our hands. (Read the fine print in catalogs to see how big a glass is. Even tiny glasses can appear large, sort of like a lizard made to look like a dinosaur in those old horror movies.)
4. A gentle curve at the top, to focus the aromas.
5. Thin glass, because we want to taste wine, not glass.
6. A reasonable price.