Holiday Gift Guide, Decanters

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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

  
  
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  Sedimentbl-
  og

  546548 155

  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

  
  
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  williamsim-
  pson

  120201 212

  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

  
  
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  zinfandel1

  Hand of Snooth

  154660 688

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

  Dec 10, 2012 at 2:03 PM

  
  
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  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

  
  

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