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Step 1
Select the appropriate red wine glasses based on price. Consider your family budget, and decide whether your purchase should be for everyday use or special occasions only.
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Step 2
Select appropriate red wine glasses according to how well they go with your home decor. In the world of high-end wine and wine drinking, appearances are important. If your wine glasses don't match the general style and appearance of your china and room motifs, this will not be lost on your guests.
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Step 3
Select wine glasses based on their durability. Those long-stemmed, thin crystal wine glasses you've been eying may be truly stunning, but if you have small children in the house, they may not be sturdy enough.
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Step 4
Select red wine glasses based on the appropriateness of the occasion. If you're giving these wine glasses as gifts, choose glasses that match the recipient's style and needs.
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Step 5
Make sure you are, in fact, choosing red wine glasses, not white wine glasses. Red wine glasses have shorter stems and larger bowls than white wine glasses. White wine is meant to be consumed chilled--thus, the long stem keeps the bowl away from the body heat of your hand. Red wine, on the other hand, is supposed to react with the heat of your hand (hence the short stem) and mix with oxygen, so it has a larger bowl.
