Decanting

[ivan]

Actually, I was thinking more in terms of hot sex with uncouth vulgar women drinking Zima, but YEAH! How dare you look down upon the common folk, you bud-swilling bourgoise pig! That bud you swill is the sweat of their labor!

[hollywood]

Actually, I was thinking more in terms of hot sex with uncouth vulgar women drinking Zima, but YEAH! How dare you look down upon the common folk, you bud-swilling bourgoise pig! That bud you swill is the sweat of their labor!

Is that why Bud tastes so bad? Now about that hot sex.....

[GordonCooks]

I think we're in agreement in that having the waiter frappe' my bottle of Beaux Freres Pinot was not helping me in any way.

And....if you will... I should have ordered Zima's and Belly Shots of Cuervo for the table ? It all makes sense. They were pushing the lobster empanadas a little hard that night.

[oraklet]

1: "Actually, many wine tasters also like to aerate the wine while it's in their mouths by sucking air through it in sort of a reverse gargle. This does greatly enhance the flavor of wine, but is very rude at table)" - not rude where i come from. but we try to do it discreetly...

2: gordon, i once (c. -84) shared a minor -61 cru bourgeois with 5 friends at a restaurant. i made sure in advance that it would not be decanted, and when it arrived, i ever so slowly and carefully poured it into the glasses (not wishing the waiter to do it..). it immediatly filled the air with fine aromas. think what might have happened, had it been decanted! funny thing is, it had almost no power left in taste, but the nose was splendid.

3: until proven wrong, i believe that a larger surface will give better aeration. so, i pour slowly down the inside of the carafe.

[tommy]

say uhhh, what's the easiest/best way to clean a decanter? can't get my fat little fingers down there so good.

[MatthewB]

say uhhh, what's the easiest/best way to clean a decanter?  can't get my fat little fingers down there so good.

A brush, perhaps?

[MatthewB]

say uhhh, what's the easiest/best way to clean a decanter?  can't get my fat little fingers down there so good.

Or get one of these fellas as a pet, teach him or her to appreciate wine, & then I'm sure they'd be happy to clean out the decanter.

[Andre]

say uhhh, what's the easiest/best way to clean a decanter?  can't get my fat little fingers down there so good.

Just wash it with clean filtered water and flip it on a dry canvas towel.

Under no condition would I have prefered to shake wine.

Take a minute to experience the tastes of shaken or roughly poured wines as opposed to gently poured wines.

Decanting older wines is a quick way to loose them.