A port, a white, a bubbly and a glass to go with them

To the lover of bubbles interested in transitioning from flutes to fuller glasses, give the

Riedel Veritas Champagne Wine Glass

($69/ box of two, $34.50/single glass), which looks like a Bordeaux glass that has been tapered in even more, giving it the suggestion of a subtle egg shape. I tried out a glass and it performed as promised, allowing for a full bouquet of aromas and a steady trail of rising bubbles. I filled it with

2010 Digby Fine English Reserve Brut ($75),

a traditional-method sparkling wine from southern England. Made of 65 percent chardonnay, 18 percent pinot noir and 17 percent pinot meunier, it offered notes of apple, anise and rich bread crust, with a super-bright streak of lemon and minerality. Plus, the fact that it’s from England — a lesser-known sparkling wine locale — ups its cachet.

From Sonoma’s Russian River Valley, the

2014 Ramey Wine Cellars Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay ($65)

comes from vines that were more than 40 years old when the grapes were harvested. Made of 100 percent chardonnay, this elegant, mouthcoating wine featured balanced notes of red apple skin, bright acidity and the suggestion of butterscotch that was neither cloying nor overpowering. This is a chardonnay lover’s chardonnay.

How could we get through a gift guide without mentioning something sweet? The

2015 Graham’s The Stone Terraces Vintage Port ($200/750 milliliter),

offered aromas of eucalyptus that led to flavors of plum and other concentrated, lush dark fruit, plus cedar, cocoa and tobacco — all of it wrapped up in surprising freshness. And as a bonus, you can tell your gift recipient that the grapes used in the wine were crushed by a machine that replicates human foot-stomping.