A Touch of Glass Gone are the days when wine snobs turned up their hyperrefined noses at those who dared favor a California cabernet over, say a chateau-bred Bordeaux. Homegrown vintages, from Napa's prefoundly complex Cardinale to the fruity chardonnays of the Russian River Valley, are proving themselves just as noteworthy as their Gaelic counterparts - especially when poured into stylish stem of hand-etched glass or platinum banded crysal. Whether you're sniffing and sipping from a timeless Christofle flute or Iitala's modernist tumbler, bear in mind that the galss you clink counts every bit as much as the year you drink. Los Angeles Magazine: