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Decanting Wine 101: Why, When, and How to Decant Wine

Wine decanting is practiced by many wine connoisseurs to improve the characteristics and flavors of wine. However, is wine decanting all it’s cracked up to be? Is it a necessary or superfluous step? If necessary, why, when, and how should you decant wine? This is wine decanting 101– in other words, everything you need to know about decanting wine. The Practice of Decanting Wine Decanting wine is the act of slowly pouring wine from it’s original bottle into a different container– often into a designated, glass decanter with an easy-pour neck. The goal is to separate the wine from it’s sediment at the bottom of the bottle and to allow the wine to “open up.” Why to Decant Wine There is good reason many wine connoisseurs practice wine decanting with every bottle. The act of decanting provides many benefits for the wine drinker, including: Pouring wine from the bottle into a new container allows the wine to open up – or, in other words, aerate. Aeration occurs when oxygen makes contact with