FLUTE OR COUPE?

LEGEND has it that the first champagne coupe that was made in the 18th century was modelled on Marie Antoinette’s left breast.

Some historians dispute this claim and say it was invented in England for sparkling wine in 1663, nearly a century before the birth of the last Queen of France before the Revolution.

Tall, thin flutes have replaced them in recent years, as they keep the bubbles alive for longer, making the champagne fizzier.

But Davy Zyw says it tastes best in a normal wine glass because the greater surface area and oxygen in the glass allows the individual flavours and aromas to come out.