Cocktail and wine glasses are designed with the drink itself in mind, so we recommend our guides to that specialty drinkware if you're in the market. From rainbow sets to textured tumblers ...

The wildly popular Hearth & Hand With Magnolia Fluted Glass Tumblers, which seemed to vanish from stores faster than free samples at Costco on a Sunday afternoon, have made their triumphant return.

One question I often find myself mulling over while dining out is: When did the water glasses get so tiny? That gives way to other thoughts. Am I just uncontrollably, and perhaps worryingly, thirsty?

Unlike dainty wine glasses or champagne flutes, whisky glasses are weighty and take the form of sturdy tumblers. As such, the liquor has garnered a reputation for being a gentleman's drink.