Wine glass
A large stemmed bowl, typically 500-650ml, that has quietly become the standard spritz and gin-and-tonic glass across Europe. The volume is the point: it takes a full ice load without the ice crowding out the liquid.
What it's for: Serving spritzes, large-format gin and tonics, and any long drink built over a lot of ice.
Don't have one?
Any wine glass you already own. A standard 350ml one works; you simply use less ice.
A full ice load in a wide bowl dilutes more slowly than a half-filled narrow glass, because the ice stays packed and cold rather than melting in isolation. That is the real reason spritzes moved to this glass, not presentation.
Buying guidance
If you are buying for cocktails rather than wine, choose the larger balloon shape and check the bowl clears a standard freezer shelf — chilling it matters more than the stem.
Cocktails served in this glass
10 recipes call for it as their glass of choice.
Also served this way
These lead with a different glass but are properly served in a wine glasstoo. They are listed without photographs because each one's picture shows the glass it leads with.
Usually served in a rocks glass
Negroni Sbagliato
Equal parts Campari, sweet vermouth and sparkling wine — the 'mistaken' Negroni with the gin swapped for bubbles.
Usually served in a highball glass
Gin and Tonic
Gin and tonic water over ice with lime — a bittersweet, botanical two-ingredient classic.