How about one of these
I'm kidding of course.

So what we have determined is that the glass does make a difference.

I'm not surprised the oversized glass didn't work for the merlot, bster. Was it that balloon style? I'd think anything except something amazingly huge would get lost in one of those Riedel (I just looked) shows Merlot in what I'd call a generic wine glass sort of style.

We drink most of our reds out of a glass that we got (in theory) to drink whites out of. It was part of a wine and food thing in one of the gallery areas, you wander around and see art and get tastes of different things. And it was sponsored by a group of wines from Italy they were calling "Super Whites." So it is that glass. And people were leaving theirs behind when it was over, so we snagged 2 more!

I'm not surprised the oversized glass didn't work for the merlot, bster. Was it that balloon style?

Exactly. Long, thin stem with huge balloon bulb-like glass. Probably too big for Merlot. I though as well. May try experiment again with a huge Cab or blend I've been saving soon. Will report back.


Bster