Reply #6: Much of your taste comes through your nose - the small opening of a bottle [View All]

[Rabrrrrrr]

doesn't allow much "nosing".

This is why wine glasses are big and round and have large openings (except champagne flutes, which are designed in a way that limits the nose (sadly) but also keeps the bubbles inside the champagne (yay!)).

A bottle also forces the liquid further back on the tongue, whereas the glass brings the liquid splash more toward the front of the tongue so that a) more of your tongue is tasting the liquid, and b) the front part, which tastes salty and sweet tastes, gets a better splash.