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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ola402, post: 9428476, member: 182&quot;]Ive seen this shape hung around the neck of a wine sommelier.&nbsp; It&#039;s what they use to taste wine in restaurants before declaring it a good choice.&nbsp; It&#039;s called a <i>tastevine. </i>We used to have a restaurant here in town where they had a sommelier to impress the patrons.&nbsp; it was fun watching him work.&nbsp; I can&#039;t see the upper part of the cup so can&#039;t see what would have been connected to it.&nbsp; The Sommelier usually wears one of these on a large neck chain, like a fancy medallion necklace.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Definition:&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">This shallow silver metal cup is faceted and convex. And, its original design was intended to be used in the low lighting of a wine cellar. The shiny metal, the facets, its convex shape and its shallowness were designed such that in low light, a small quantity of wine could be poured into it and provide the wine maker with a better view of the color and clarity of the wine.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Today, a tastevin is more of a <i>Sommelier&#039;s</i> (“suh-mel-yay”) badge of tradition. A bit of Sommelier bling. But, a Sommelier may still open a bottle of wine either at your table or at a Sommelier station, and pour just a splash of wine in their tastevin to sip it to ensure the wine is not flawed.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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