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What Every Bartender Should Know:

Red Wine Glass

Average pour is 5 oz.

Served at room temperature or chilled at 60 to 68 degrees.

Tate has a degree of sweetness and traces of astringency and tannin

• Valpolicello: light and fruity
• Cabernet: rich, full bodied
• Merlot: rich, full bodied
• Pinot Noir: mellow, light bodied
• Zinfandel: robust, very full bodied

White Wine Glass

Average pour is 5 oz.

Served chilled at 60 to 68 degrees

Taste has a degree of dryness

• Zinfandel: dry to lightly sweet
• Chardonnay: dry, light bodied
• Pino Grigio dry, light bodied
• Chablis: off dry, touch of sweetness
• Pouilly Fuisse: dry medium bodied
• Riesling: dry, medium bodied

Champagne Glass

Average pour is 4 oz.

Served chilled at 60 to 68 degrees

Taste: Brut is dry, Demi Sec is sweet.

Also called Sparkling Wine or Asti Spumante (very sweet Italian)

Sour Glass

Average pour is 2 oz.

Served at room temperature.

May be chilled to 60 to 68 degrees or on the rocks by customer request.

Taste has a degree of dryness

Vermouth: Sweet or Dry

Compari: ice and soda

Dubonnett: red and white (chilled)

Sherry: fino or amontillado

Sherry Glass

Average pour is 2 oz.

Served at room temperature.

Taste has a degree of sweetness.

Port

Marsala

Sherry (cream or oloroso)

Champagne Cocktail

Kir Royal

Kir

White Wine Spritzer

Wine Cooler

Mimosa