Holiday Gift Guide, Decanters

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Holiday Gift Guide, Decanters Gifts are supposed to be light hearted and even frivolous, especially when you're buying a gift for a hard to shop for wine geek. You can rack your brain trying to find the perfect wine or glassware, but truth be told, those are generally hard to find when it comes to more difficult wine geeks.

So what's the solution? Take a look at decanters. Seriously. While decanters may not get a ton of use by many wine lovers out there, it is probably just because many wine lovers don't own decanters!

Decanters not only serve a real and tangible purpose, to help oxygenate wine, but they also serve an aesthetic purpose. Decanters are attractive and can quickly enhance the appearance of a table setting or side bar. They come in a variety of styles, sizes and shapes, and at a range of prices. So take a look at some of these great decanters and learn more about why and when to use them.

Check out GDP as he decants a 1982 Barolo!

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swinnea

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My wife, the nurse, won't let me get a "duck". Looks too much like a urinal.

Dec 12, 2011 at 3:29 PM
Sedimentbl-
og

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The other great thing about a decanter is that it removes ugly labels from your dining table. It's an aesthetic decision as much as an oenological one. Would you put ugly plates or cutlery on your table? If you've got a great wine with a nasty label...decant it! See http://sedimentblog.blogspot.com/20...

Dec 13, 2011 at 5:24 AM
williamsim-
pson

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The Decanter is handy for three main reasons
1. To oxygenate any young red wine - releasing its flavours
2. To slowly pour into it any old wine that may have sediment at teh bottom of the bottle
3. To know more about a wine (colour, aroma etc) hidden behind a coloured glass winebottle.

We got a basic one from a charity (second hand) shop and it has been fine.

There is a lot of poncery about opening wines hours before you drink them and another good reason for decanting is to puncture such pomposity

Dec 13, 2011 at 8:46 AM
zinfandel1

Hand of Snooth

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I use several decanters when I have blind tastings. This is much better than bags over bottles.

Dec 10, 2012 at 2:03 PM
JCBellomy

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I just love the look of a decanter on a beautiful dining table, esp. in candlelight...

Dec 10, 2012 at 2:55 PM