Long, comfortable stems: We avoided wine glasses that were too short and stubby, because they are less unattractive than glasses with longer, more classic stems.

Do we really need a different glass for every variety of wine -- one for chardonnay, another for pinot noir, one for cabernet, another for sauvignon blanc, and on?

Just about every wine glass best-of list will point you to the beloved Zalto Denk’Art Universal Glass, which costs $60 per glass. You might have also seen a pair of sleek glasses from the Riedel ...