/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Here you can see a cognac glass that uses a similar shape. As you can see, the foot is different to differentiate it, making it a cognac glass and not a whiskey glass for instance. That's just tradition and doesn't have anything to do with the experience itself, different drinks have different styles of glass, but the shape is the same, and it is that way because it sends the aroma into your nose.
So no, it's not a meme.