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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two glasses of red wine next to a decanter and wine bottle - Cavan Images/Getty Images To decant or not to decant? That is the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emily writes about what’s in your glass and why it matters. Wine decanting serves two main purposes: aeration and sediment removal ...

We’ve all seen intricate, handblown glass contraptions being trotted past us in a fancy restaurant when a patron orders an expensive bottle of wine. But does wine really need decanting? First, before ...

Opening the bouquet? Blowing off the sulfites? Aerating? Removing the sediment? We know we should be decanting some of the wines we drink, but most of us don't know which wines to decant, or when, or ...

Welcome to Ask a Somm, a column in which experts from across the country answer questions about wine. Today’s installment: How do I know when to decant a bottle of wine? “Firstly, it’s important to ...