Wine tasting dishes

I found a bag of these today. £3 for the lot. I nearly disregarded them at first as they were in a cellophane bag with a piece of card stapled on the top. I thought they were cake tins!

Four appear to be steel or chrome Perhaps. Two have the wording Marche Aux Vins Beaune, one Fleurie and the last Chateau De Meursaltu

 

Two of the others are silver plate and the last im unsure. They have marks on.

 

Tastevins can be any silvertone metal, so you can judge the natural colour of the wine. The bumps are there for extra reflection of the wine.

Beaune wine market, Beaune is the wine capital of Burgundy.

Fleurie is a centre of Beajolais wine.

Chateau de Meursault is a castle and Burgundy wine.

 

Thanks. I can't find any marks on the group of four. They don't look much like silver either apart from their silver colour.

 

Those rectangular maker's marks are for silverplate.
French silver and gold have lozenge shaped maker's marks.

 

Most tastevins are not silver, but they have to be silvertone.
The ones we got for our wine advisers exam were base silvertone metal.

 

Okay thank you. The one I haven't posted says metal argente so that's silver plate too.

 

That's useful info. Thanks. You know your wine

 

I'm supposed to, although my exam was a lifetime ago.

 

Ooh I like a drop of red wine. Here are a couple of my recent favourites.

 

Aren't those fun? Someone went on a little wine tasting tour and brought home souvenirs. Here's the Marche aux Vins Beaune. Logo has evolved so yours a bit older. (The tasting venue opened in 1976.)

https://marcheauxvins.com/en/

Debora

 

They do tasting tours? Oooh wow. Would make a great holiday.

 

And here's Chateau de Meursault (which has been open for tastings since 1977.)

https://www.chateau-meursault.com/en/estate/

Debora