Reveal’Up de Chef & Sommelier

01/16

Glassware

Glassware Arques

Reveal’Up de
Chef & Sommelier®

Can we still be surprised
by a new collection of glassware?

This year, Chef & Sommelier has designed a unique line of wine glasses. The Reveal'Up collection shows its characteristically refined personality with a range of wine glasses that enliven the senses when tasting and provide a sublime serving experience. Chef & Sommelier chose Julia Scavo, international sommelier and trainer, as the ambassador of this collection. We met her to let her present the assets of this new range.

SommelierS International: We already know the brand's Open Up and Arom’Up collections. Beyond the marketing arguments, what can this new Reveal'Up collection provide us more?

ulia Scavo : First of all it has to be said that this collection, manufactured in the North of France, has been designed by a committee of enology experts to best meet the tasters' requirements. Before I accepted Chef&Sommelier®'s proposition, I could test it and approve it. Its rigourous technical qualities for tasting as well as its elegant design satisfied me as a former scientist and my will to share the pleasure of wine!

Rightly what are Reveal'Up's qualities?

I am going to answer as a wine professional and as a scientist! What we first notice is the finesse of the bowl and its rim of 0.9 mm, a rare quality for general public collections. These glasses are very well-balance. The centre of gravity is perfectly placed. This creates a feeling of lightness.

They favour young and mature wines thanks to their design and rigourously designed and adjusted lines. They integrate a natural gauge that enables a perfect service. Nine references make up the Reveal'Up collection to meet the different tasting conditions (white, red, rosé, Champagne … ). As a wine professional, I also appreciate the high resistence to shocks and repeated washing. The flat base avoids water to gather after washing.

And what about the tasting sensations?

Why has this collection been called Reveal’Up ?

This collection has been designed to enliven all the senses when tasting. The generous curves of this line and the absolute purity of Kwarx® enable to better appreciate the colour of the wine, its depth and brilliance. Its long stem and fine rim add to the elegance and support the comfort for the hand and the lips.

The glasses have a sober chimney and minimize the perception of the alcohol, especially for young wines. The large fragrance chamber and extra wide oxygenation surface enable the aromas to better develop. The mouth becomes the natural continuity of the nose, the very fine rim permits the glass to let the wine take the place. When the wine comes on the palate, the sense of touch is once again called on. The opening of the glass being perfectly adpated to its shape and oxygenation surface, there is more pleasure in the feeling of the texture of the wine. The Intense shape helps attenuating the perception of the acidity for example. Reveal'Up helps wine express what it has best!

This collection seems to make evolve the tasting experience and is an interesting new glass, in terms of design and tasting characteristics. The Reveal’Up glasses combine resistence and finesse in an unequalled way to ease the service. Undoubtedly the professionals, and general public will be seduced!