Fundamentally, decanting serves two purposes: to separate an aged wine from any sediment that may have formed and to aerate a young, still-closed wine in the hope that its aromas and flavors will be ...

"Romans used decanting, and the only reason we need to decant now is to remove sediment. Older wines over time, bigger-skin grapes like Bordeaux, have sediment. It releases the esters (specific ...

Decanting wine is a strategy you often find recommended. Here are some of the whys and whens. The main reason to decant wine is to expose the wine to oxygen. You also can decant wine if you want ...

And, of course, there’s an entire industry of wine accessories to help us add air to our wines. Decanters are traditional, elegant and sometimes incredibly expensive. The ritual of decanting is ...

It seems even wine experts disagree on whether or when decanting makes a perceptible difference, and whether that difference is necessarily positive. All agree on one clear benefit to decanting ...

The decanting of red wines has a long tradition in high quality wine service and can be done solely to add a special flourish at a meal. In decanting, the wine is simply poured into another ...

This story is from an installment of The Oeno Files, our weekly insider newsletter to the world of fine wine. Sign up here. To decant or not to decant is an oft-asked question, and there is a wide ...

Whether or not to decant wine (and for how long) is an intensely personal choice, so don’t feel like you have to decant a certain wine just because someone says you should. You’re not alone, however, ...

One of the great ceremonies in the world of wine is decanting an older bottle of wine. When done properly, the sommelier brings the bottle to the table very gingerly after bringing a decanter ...