How do you let your wine ‘breathe’?
Wine which has been allowed to breathe tastes better. That's what wine experts will tell you. But what exactly does it mean to allow wine to breathe and what,exactly, are the benefits you will enjoy if you do allow it to breathe?
Well, you'll probably notice a better bouquet with enhanced flavors and a smoother "finish". As wine breathes it releases its aromas and flavours. Of course decanters were and still are used to aerate wine - we've seen it done in movies all the time, in some cases taken to ridiculous lengths holding the bottle over a candle flame to check for sediment.
But for most of us decanting is too time consuming, too hard and let's face it, inconvenient. But we still want the benefit of the enhanced flavours of the wine. So is there an easy way to do anything about it?
Turns out modern science can provide the quick way. There's always some gadget out there that will help you with everyday tasks, whether it's an easy garlic peeler or, as in this case, a Vinturi essential wine aerator. That's right, they have a gadget to help you aerate your wine easily and that's what allowing the wine to breathe actually means.
Such devices are a lot of fun, if nothing else, and there are thousands of sites where you can find them, such as at Amazon, http://home-appliances-online.co.uk/ webstores and so on.
Some modern wine aerators actually aerate the wine glass by the glass! That means you can pur yourself a single glass and know that it's 'breathed' sufficiently to enhance it - but you don't have to aerate the entire bottle. That helps to keep the wine in good condition for later because, ironically, once a wine is aerated the process of deterioration begins.
If you drink wine occasionally a wine aerator device can even help you save money by not wasting your wine - and it certainly can help you appreciate the full quality of whatever wine you do buy.