A snifter refers to a type of stemware, a short-stemmed glass whose main vessel has a wide bottom but that narrows at the top. It is often used to serve brandy. The narrow opening helps to trap the aroma of the drink in the glass. Cognac glass File links The following pages link to this file: Cognac (drink) Categories: GFDL images ... Cognac glass File links The following pages link to this file: Cognac (drink) Categories: GFDL images ... Stemware is drinkware that stands on stems above a base. ... A glass is a drinking vessel made from glass. ... Brandy pot stills at the Van Ryn Brandy Cellar near Stellenbosch, South Africa Brandy (short for brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn—fire wine) is a general term for distilled wine, usually 40–60% ethyl alcohol by volume. ...
Snifter is also a colloquial British term for a small quantity of strong alcoholic spirits – such as whisky. The snifter was the supposed favourite drink of Denis Thatcher as lampooned in the Private Eye series "Dear Bill". Scotch whisky Whisky (or whiskey) (from Irish uisce beatha and/or Scottish Gaelic uisge baugh, both meaning water of life, and ultimately a calque derived from Latin Aqua Vitae (see below)) is an alcoholic beverage distilled from grain, often including malt, which has then been aged in wooden barrels. ... Margaret and Denis Thatcher Arms of Sir Denis Thatcher Major Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet, MBE (May 10, 1915 – June 26, 2003) was a businessman, and the husband of the former British Prime Minister, Baroness Thatcher. ... Private eye may mean: Look up Private eye on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Private Eye a fortnightly British satirical magazine-newspaper, edited by Ian Hislop (as of 2005) A private investigator, a private detective for hire (see also crime fiction and detective fiction) Private Eye, a song by Alkaline Trio...
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