Breathing Wine

What is all the hoopla about breathing? Being a human, there is a lot to be said about breathing. However, as a young bottle of Classic Red wine one should not have to worry about breathing. Wrong!

How to Breathe Your Wine

Our young bottles of wine especially need to breathe. The bitter taste of tannin is mellowed by letting the wine oxidize somewhat. The trick is not to let it oxidize too much.

Letting our bottle of wine breathe too long can be somewhat dangerous to its health. Too much is as bad as too little. Well then, what is the exact amount of breathing time required? There is not any. Just as everyone´s taste is different, the exact amount of breathing varies with different wines.

Using a Decanter

So, let´s talk a little about breathing. Popping the cork and just trying to let air into the long neck of a wine bottle is not a very effective way to get your wine to breathe. What is really needed is a wide mouth, such as is found in a decanter, or even your everyday wine glass. Just pouring the wine from the bottle to another container is already allowing it to breathe.

Bottom Line

The next time you pop the cork and the wine does not taste up to your standards, let it sit awhile to breathe; then, sit back, drink, and enjoy!

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