As most of us who enjoy wine know, you should give a bottle of wine that you’ve just opened a chance to “breathe” before you begin drinking it. The best method for doing this is to decant it into a decanter so that it’s out of the bottle and mixing with new air. According to About.com, by “allowing wine to mix and mingle with air, the wine will typically warm up and the wine’s aromas will open up, the flavor profile will soften and mellow out a bit and the overall flavor characteristics should improve.”
Typically all wines benefit from breathing before serving — this goes for all reds and most whites. “In general, most wines will improve with as little as 15-20 minutes of air time. However, if the wine is young with high tannin levels, it will need more time to aerate before enjoying.”
Well I don’t know about you, but I don’t often have the time (or patience) to open a bottle and let it sit. Nor do I usually want to decant an entire bottle of wine just for myself. Now and then I plan ahead that much, but most evenings I’m just ready for that glass of wine to unwind with. Thanks to the geniuses at Vinturi, I no longer have to wait!
The Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator is the perfect solution to getting the air that your wine needs into it in just the few moments it takes to pour the glass.
Naturally I had to test the product, so I opened a very nice bottle of Merlot that someone had given me a while back. It had been sitting on my wine rack, eyeing me for months. I finally braved the unknown and uncorked the bottle. The very strong and heavy aroma of the wine told me that it was going to be strong and intense. I knew that this was the perfect example of a bottle that should likely sit for at least an hour before drinking. I first poured a little wine into a glass without using the aerator, and then I poured some through the aerator into a separate glass, so that I could see if there was a difference.
First I tasted the non-aerated wine, and sure enough, it was HEAVY. Very strong flavor and even felt like it had been sitting for a long time. Not bad, but very strong. Then I tasted the aerated wine. What a difference!! It tasted a bit lighter, the flavors were less intense and easier to define, and it tasted more like how I would expect it to after being decanted and left out for a period of time. The aerator absolutely accomplished what I wanted it to, and it allowed me to enjoy my wine with dinner.
I highly recommend this product to anyone who enjoys wine and knows that they prefer to open a bottle and serve it right away. Drop by www.vinturi.com and look at the various aerators they offer. On their products page you’ll see that there are unique ones available for both red and white wines, as well as spirits, and there are companion products that will help hold the aerator, which I know I will be purchasing soon! In this day and age we no longer have to wait for our delicious drinks — with the Vinturi Wine Aerator we can partake quickly and happily.
Merrie is writer for the Jen is on a Journey and you can also find her at her blog, Sleepless Mornings: “I’m the mother of two beautiful children, an Executive Assistant, a scrapbooker, a baker, and sometimes I’m even fun to be around!”
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