What's the deal with glasses?

So what’s with the different glasses?

Believe it or not but the same wine will taste significantly different when served from particular glasses.
How can an inert piece of transparent glass cause a wine to taste different? After all, it is the same wine sensed by the same tongue and only the container is different.

Try this simple test at home or in the winery. Select any red wine and pour some into a large bowl glass and a similar amount into a Champaign flute or small cup. Taste the wine in the small glass first and then the large glass. Be honest and see what you think. Most wine tasters are amazed and become believers in the shape of the glass and the taste of the wine.

Half the sense of taste is smell. With a large bowl glass, it fills with the aromas of the wine. As you drink the wine, you immerse your nose into the glass and inhale the aromas. That enhances the flavor of the wine. In a small glass your nose cannot get anywhere close to the bowl and you miss the wonderful smell of good wine.