What can glassware do?

…and does it really matter?

Footage from the study, “A sniffer-camera for imaging of ethanol vaporization from wine: the effect of wine glass shape” published by the Royal Society of Chemist.

Using a “Sniffer Cam” to visual ethanol vapors escaping different glass shapes.

2D visuals of ethanol vapors rising from a cocktail, wine, and straight-edged glass. Only the wine glass shows the vapors forming a ring.

Unpleasant ethanol vapors rise from the cocktail and straight edge glass at random. But the wine glass forces the vapors into a clear ring leaving an open center hole where drinkers can appreciate the aroma of their beverage without the sharp heat of ethanol.

3D renderings from the sniffer cam in the original paper turned into a video by ChemistryWorld.