Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emily writes about what’s in your glass and why it matters. Wine decanting serves two main purposes: aeration and sediment removal ...

As oenophiles know, red wine often produces sediment as it ages, introducing a bitter flavor and gritty texture to the wine. The process of removing these impurities by carefully pouring the wine from ...

"White wines are not as fragile as people think they are." ...

"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 aromas ...

A wine decanter should be much more than an eye-catching item to display on your bar cart. Decanting involves slowly pouring the wine from its bottle into another vessel, where it’s allowed to rest in ...

That would be one of Andy Chabot's reasons to decant wine. The director of food and wine at the rustic-chic, yet totally luxurious, Tennessee resort, Blackberry Farm, recently stopped by our Test ...

WINE lovers rarely agree on the best methods of serving and drinking. Case in point: decanting, the practice of pouring wine from the bottle into another container before serving. While the procedure ...

What is decanting? Simply put, it means transferring (decanting) the contents of a wine bottle into another receptacle (the decanter) before serving. It may sound silly (how can pouring wine from one ...