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 ...

While terroirs and flavor profiles are differentiating factors between old world wines and their new world counterparts, our overall approach to wine — its production, consumption, and even how we let ...

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 ...

Andrew L. Waterhouse, a professor in the department of viticulture and enology at the University of California at Davis, explains. The decanting of red wines has a long tradition in high quality wine ...

There are three, nonnegotiable things every wine drinker needs. First, uh, wine. Second, a corkscrew to open aforementioned wine. Third—I’m sorry, but not the wine glass charms you bought on something ...

When the sommelier says, "Shall I decant that for you?" many restaurant diners begin to wish they had stayed home. Most people have no clue whether the Chianti they just ordered would be happier in a ...