The champagne flute is a piece of stemware with unique characteristics. It has a long stem with a tall, narrow bowl on top. The shape of the stemware is designed to keep the Champagne desirable during its consumption. The glass is designed to be held by the stem to help prevent the heat from the hand from warming the champagne. The bowl itself is designed in a manner to help retain the signature carbonation in the beverage. This is achieved by reducing the surface area at the opening of the bowl. The small horizontal diameter is designed so that more glasses of champagne can be placed onto a tray. The flute replaced the champagne saucer, a staple of 1930s American cinema and cocktail culture, as it became clear that the shallow saucer shape caused carbonation to dissipate from champagne even more rapidly than from a normal wine glass.While most commonly used

for sparkling wines, flutes are also used for certain beers, especially Belgian lambic and gueuze, which are brewed with wild yeast and often fruited. The tart flavor of these beers, coupled with their carbonation, makes it similar in many respects to sparkling white wines and makes the champagne flute an ideal choice of glassware for them.

Champagne flutes are often used at formal engagements, such as award ceremonies and Weddings.

Champagne Coupe
The champagne coupe or champagne saucer is the saucer-shaped stem glass once used for serving champagne, but now more commonly used for certain cocktails. Legend has it the shape of the glass was modeled on the breast of Marie Antoinette, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Madame de Pompadour, or one of several other French aristocrats, although this is almost certainly apocryphal.

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