Comments on: Decanting Red Wine http://www.redwine.co.uk/articles/decanting-red-wine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=decanting-red-wine Drinking, Tasting, Enjoying! Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:41:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fraser Edwards http://www.redwine.co.uk/articles/decanting-red-wine/#comment-4854 Fraser Edwards Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:51:57 +0000 http://www.redwine.co.uk/?p=530#comment-4854 Thanks for the comment Cynthia - I'll look out for this as it would be interesting to see for myself how it works. Thanks for the comment Cynthia – I’ll look out for this as it would be interesting to see for myself how it works.

]]> By: Cynthia Darke http://www.redwine.co.uk/articles/decanting-red-wine/#comment-4848 Cynthia Darke Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:33:35 +0000 http://www.redwine.co.uk/?p=530#comment-4848 I've just been reading one of your earlier articles on the benefits red wine has for your health, as I find the subject completely fascinating, (I have also recently finished reading 'The Wine Diet' by Professor Roger Corder - which is quite an eye opener) I go by the saying of all good things in moderation, and so am happy to enjoy my a glass or two in the evenings. That being said, I still like to enjoy my wine in its best possible condition - and I really do find that decanting your wine really does enhance the bouquet and flavours, and really helps to round out the tannins inherent especially in younger reds, giving an overall much more enjoyable mouthfeel. However, whilst decanting a bottle is seen as the traditional method of aerating your wine, obviously decanting a whole bottle doesn't quite fall in-line with keeping things 'in moderation'... so I have moved with the times and bought one of those wine aerators - which do the same job as decanting, but allows you to moderate the amount of wine that you drink, by aerating a glass at a time. So, if I'm going to have a glass of wine, then I'm going to make sure that I really enjoy it! The best single glass aerator that I've found is WineWeaver's Single glass and Decanter Wine Aerator which I think really enhances both the aromas and flavours in my wine - plus it looks good too! The WineWeaver really maintains that 'impact' you talk about that decanting has (see www.wineweaver.com) but is great for smaller quanities. So, whilst I agree decanting is good for your wine, I reckon aerating it by the glass is better for your health! Cyn x (P.S My husband bought our wineweaver from Amazon.co.uk Price £19.99) I’ve just been reading one of your earlier articles on the benefits red wine has for your health, as I find the subject completely fascinating, (I have also recently finished reading ‘The Wine Diet’ by Professor Roger Corder – which is quite an eye opener)

I go by the saying of all good things in moderation, and so am happy to enjoy my a glass or two in the evenings. That being said, I still like to enjoy my wine in its best possible condition – and I really do find that decanting your wine really does enhance the bouquet and flavours, and really helps to round out the tannins inherent especially in younger reds, giving an overall much more enjoyable mouthfeel.

However, whilst decanting a bottle is seen as the traditional method of aerating your wine, obviously decanting a whole bottle doesn’t quite fall in-line with keeping things ‘in moderation’… so I have moved with the times and bought one of those wine aerators – which do the same job as decanting, but allows you to moderate the amount of wine that you drink, by aerating a glass at a time. So, if I’m going to have a glass of wine, then I’m going to make sure that I really enjoy it!

The best single glass aerator that I’ve found is WineWeaver’s Single glass and Decanter Wine Aerator which I think really enhances both the aromas and flavours in my wine – plus it looks good too!

The WineWeaver really maintains that ‘impact’ you talk about that decanting has (see http://www.wineweaver.com) but is great for smaller quanities.

So, whilst I agree decanting is good for your wine, I reckon aerating it by the glass is better for your health!

Cyn x

(P.S My husband bought our wineweaver from Amazon.co.uk Price £19.99)

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