How to Remove Spots From Wine Glasses

Getting your wine glasses perfectly clean can seem like an impossible task. Often, even cleaning wine glasses by hand can leave them covered with spots and streaks that can make drinking out of them unappealing. It's equally as critical that wine glasses be perfectly clean so as not to harm the integrity of the wine you are drinking. Fortunately it is simple to remove spots from your wine glasses using only water so that you have glasses that sparkle and shine.

Things You'll Need

• Tea kettle
• Stove top
• Water
• Clean, soft cloth

Instructions

1. Fill the kettle with water and set it to boil. When it begins to boil open the spout so that a stream of steam is emitted.

2. Hold the wine glass over the steam and rotate the glass so that every part of the surface of the glass is exposed to the steam.

3. Turn off the kettle.

4. Polish the glass with a soft, lint-free cloth to remove any remaining spots or moisture.

Tips & Warnings

• Clean wine glasses by hand whenever possible and dry them off with a soft cloth. The less soap you use when cleaning wine glasses the better, only about a drop of liquid detergent is necessary.

• Avoid washing quality wine glasses in the dishwasher. The heat and the rattling can crack or break them, and the chemicals in some detergents can leave spots or streaks on the glasses

References

• Wine Pros
• Pinot Noir: Stemware
• Chowhound: Soap or no soap to wash wineglasses