{"id":13849,"date":"2016-11-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/why-you-should-use-a-wine-decanter-more-often"},"modified":"2017-10-05T14:44:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T12:44:35","slug":"why-you-should-use-a-wine-decanter-more-often","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/en\/why-you-should-use-a-wine-decanter-more-often","title":{"rendered":"Why you should use a wine decanter more often"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a lot about wine and wine service that remains a mystery to the average wine drinker. Wine professionals – sommeliers, waiters, store clerks, winemakers and more – sometimes do things to and with wine that may appear confusing or unnecessary. Sniffing corks, swirling and spitting wine, debating about \u201clegs\u201d and so on, and that\u2019s just the tip of the iceberg. At worst, this can appear needlessly snobby, and push ordinary wine lovers away altogether. We agree in large part, wine should be fun and accessible. A lot of these behaviours and rituals are simply not needed to you or I to enjoy a glass of red <\/span>Bordeaux<\/span><\/a> or Australian Chardonnay.<\/span><\/p>\n

One ritual that is common in professional wine service and really should be more widely adopted by the average wine lover, is decanting wine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is a wine decanter?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There are many types of wine decanter<\/strong> available on the market. They range from functional and affordable to unnecessarily elaborate and exorbitant. We advocate that you get the best quality decanter that you can afford, but in you are stuck you can also use any other large, clear (preferably glass) receptacle. More important than the physical wine decanter itself is that you understand what <\/span>decanting<\/span><\/a> is, and why you should decant more wine more often.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why use a wine decanter?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Decanting wine serves two functions:<\/span><\/p>\n