How to Hold ANY Glass Like a Gentleman

About this video

The Gazette team provides a comprehensive guide to proper glassware etiquette across numerous drinking scenarios. They explain the practical reasons behind each holding technique—primarily temperature control and enhancing the drinking experience—and demonstrate the correct grip for wine glasses, champagne flutes, beer steins, martini glasses, snifters, and many other styles. The speaker also showcases a complete gentleman’s outfit pairing and discusses how proper etiquette extends to handing glasses to others.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team argues that proper glassware etiquette is designed to improve the drinking experience, not merely follow arbitrary social rules—primarily by controlling temperature and allowing proper swirling or warming as needed
• For stemmed glasses, the Gazette team recommends holding by the stem rather than the bowl to prevent hand heat from altering the drink’s temperature and taste
• The Gazette team teaches that snifters are a notable exception where the glass should be warmed by hand, while most other drinks benefit from minimal hand contact to keep them cold

Episode details: published July 4, 2025 · 37K views · 10:30 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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