To every wine its own goblet? True, but in order not to go crazy (and clutter) a universal one is sufficient
It is forbidden to serve wine in stemless glasses: the goblet (medium-large 'tulip-shaped' with the sides closing slightly upwards) is essential to enhance the wine's characteristics, but it is not necessary to go for specialised ones
There comes a time in every wine enthusiast's life when the existential question comes up: how many glasses are really needed? How many do I need to buy for a good domestic mise en place? Actually far fewer than you have been told so far. Especially if you don't live in a penthouse with dedicated glassware, but in a normal house, with a normal dishwasher and the usual good-tempered and gleeful friends who handle glasses as if they were fitness equipment; in short, the everyday life to which most of us are accustomed.
It is still true that the glass decorates the table and that the wine served in the appropriate glass can express its best characteristics, or its worst sides if you blatantly 'screw up' the choice of service. Without going to extremes that do not belong to my way of seeing things, know that you can have a good domestic equipment with a single 'universal' glass; many manufacturers offer this on the market and it is an investment that I would suggest.
For the avoidance of doubt, let's make it clear that the tumbler, whether tall, low, fancy or Negroni, is for water and drinks: no more talk. Wine is served in the goblet, the one with the stem, and held by the stem. Not to be a snob, but for a very simple reason: the hand warms the wine, leaves imprints, and, with the little finger held up, one enters directly into the register of historical shenanigans.
So far so familiar, but let us come to the point. In the past, to be considered 'serious', one had to possess an arsenal of glasses: the Chardonnay glass, the Riesling glass, the ballon for important reds, the Pinot Noir glass but also the Nebbiolo glass, the flûte, the retro cup for 1930s diva's, the raisin glass and maybe even a decanter that cost as much as a pair of Louboutins.
Then came common sense and the universal goblet, or a medium/large tulip-shaped glass (if you like, even with the sides that close slightly upwards), which is elegant enough to look professional and strong enough to get out of an evening unscathed with the cheerful goblet-lifters already mentioned as champions of fitness applied to wine.
