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From coupe to flute: which glass for champagne?

For most of us, champagne and having something to celebrate belong together. But the glass we drink champagne from has changed a great deal over the years.

The coupe

One of the best known is the champagne coupe: low, wide and on a stem. A stubborn story has it that the shape was modelled on Marie-Antoinette's breast. A lovely tale, but almost certainly untrue. The coupe was around long before her. It was in the 1920s and 1930s in particular that the glass caught on and grew into a symbol of celebration and luxury.

The flute

Later the coupe gradually gave way to the flute. Its long, narrow shape keeps more of the fizz in the champagne and lets you watch the bubbles rise. From the second half of the twentieth century onwards, the flute became the champagne glass. French glassmakers and crystal houses produced them in every imaginable version: from plain clear glass to cut crystal and coloured examples.

And these days?

By now we know that the flute is not perfect either. Its narrow shape holds the bubbles well, but gives the aromas of champagne very little room. That is why a tulip-shaped glass is often the choice today: a little wider in the middle and tapering again towards the rim. Even a good white wine glass works perfectly well. And the coupe? It remains unbeatable for a champagne tower, of course.

Which glass will you choose?

Which glass you pick mostly comes down to what matters to you. The taste, the bubbles, the look, or perhaps simply that one vintage glass that makes you happy. Coupe, flute or tulip: in the end you decide what you raise.

Browse our vintage champagne glasses or all of our vintage glassware.

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