brandy snifter

But in the 1980s and 1990s, the brandy snifter photo was an innovative, attainable luxury, and it became ubiquitous in some communities.

The shell, apparently, had acted as a brandy snifter, gathering and concentrating the vapors until they were so pungent I felt nauseated just to breathe them.

“The only impression the celebrated folk singer had made was a nasty ring from his brandy snifter on the MacLeish’s 1785 cherry table,” Ostrow wrote.

All that's missing from this macho scene of domestic bliss is a cigar and brandy snifter for "him" and a string of pearls for "her" — if such gender distinctions could be drawn.

Though many cider aficionados recommend a Belgian-style beer glass — something like a brandy snifter, but smaller — for drinking cider, not to worry.