DESPITE my protestations, Dad still serves wine in small glasses. These are filled almost to the brim, giving me no chance to swirl, sniff and study the contents of my glass, as I like to.

I’ve told him that they are sherry glasses, but he won’t have it, so I’m threatening to buy him some proper wine glasses for Christmas, even though he doesn’t like ‘big’ ones. He did say at one point, “you must get drunk with those goldfish bowls, you call glasses”. This assumes, of course, that I fill my glass to the top, which I don’t: I only pour about a third of a glass at a time.

It would be possible to spend a dizzy fortune on wine glassware. Some manufacturers make grape varietal specific glasses – a riesling glass, for example, which is fine if you can afford it.

I like to keep things simple and just use medium-sized, long-stemmed, tulip-shaped glasses for white and red. Plus, I have some flutes, which are essential for preserving the bubbles in Champers (and I may well have a goldfish bowl glass stashed away for special occasion reds).

I’m incredibly fussy about glasses when it comes to cleanliness, for there is nothing worse than a fusty smell or unsightly residue. I always wash the glasses and then rinse in hot water, drying with a clean cloth. The thinner the glass the better in my book, but I have a Belfast sink so I have to be very careful.

You could always try the following in your spotlessly clean, appropriately proportioned glasses.

Take advantage until tomorrow – sorry about the late notice – of Morrison’s offer on a white and red pairing from Chile. In the red corner, Montes Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 has pronounced flavours of blackcurrant, with mint, cinnamon, some toasty oak notes and a firm tannic structure. The white offering, Montes Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2007, which needs drinking soon before it loses its zesty, fresh appeal, has plenty of palate pleasing tropical fruit flavour with notes of green peas and some minerality.

If you fancy something a little different as an accompaniment to the Sunday roast, try Crasto 2007. It’s a delicious, fruit-laden red from Portugal’s stunning Douro Valley, made from indigenous grape varietals such as touriga nacional. It’s rich, spicy and full with blackberries, raspberries, liquorice and fine tannins.

• Montes Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2007, £6.49 down from £7.99 at Morrisons until July 26 17/20

• Montes Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2007, £6.49 down from £7.99 at Morrisons until July 26 17/20

• Crasto 2007, Douro, £7.99 each when you buy two at Majestic 18/20