Ok, no he didn't. Well, he may have, actually. But probably not.

Day 3 in Paris, and I'm shocked it took us that long to pay a visit to the Hemingway Bar at the Ritz Paris. Aside from being a favorite haunt of Ernest Hemingway, and being tucked away toward the back of the Ritz, and the old school decor, it was also the home of Colin Field, voted The World's Best Barman in 2001. Many of his cocktails are still on the menu.

I ordered the house Manhattan, which interestingly enough, is served in a wine glass. And after I had a few sips -- but not too many sips -- I noticed a shadow that read "Schott Zwiesel" on the tablecloth. Now, Schott Zwiesel has been making some of the finest stemware on the planet since 1872, but I doubt it was being used at this bar in Hemingway's heyday. Nevertheless, there was a certain sense of pride that we sell the same stemware that is used at such a world famous bar.

If you're not familiar with the stemware, you should introduce yourself here.

If you're not familiar with the bar, pull up a stool here. 

Even the box-wine connoisseur probably knows that there are different glasses for red wine and white wine. It has long been recognized that the stemware that is used to drink a wine or spirit can affect the experience of enjoying said wine or spirit. Certain sizes, shapes, curves, depths, and mouths can influence how aromas are released, and therefore, how a given wine or spirit is experienced.

But if you thought you were prepared with red wine glasses, white wine glasses, some cognac snifters, and rocks glasses, Enrico Bernardo's nose says you were sadly mistaken. In October 2004, Enrico Bernardo became the youngest ever World Champion Sommelier at the tender age of 27. The Italian-born Sommelier currently manages the coveted cellar of Le Cinq in Paris, which happens to be a Michelin 3 star restaurant.

Schott-Zwiesel has been making stemware since 1872, and has manufactured stemware for some of the leaders in the industry for decades. Recently, they spent months working with Bernardo on the most innovative line of mouth-blown stemware we have ever seen.

How hardcore is it? There isn't a single glass for red wine. Instead, there's a glass for "Soft Red Wine", "Mature Red Wine", a 22 oz. Red Wine glass and a 23.7 oz. Red Wine glass, and of course, a "Mature, Soft Red Wine" glass". Seriously. Five different red wine glasses depending on the characteristics of the red wine. There are 18 glasses total in the line -- barely enough to serve just your Reds, Whites, Sparkling and Dessert Wines.

The entire line of his stemware can be admired here, and we'll let you know when he releases the "Soft, Mature Box Wine Glass".