Red Wine Aerator – Taste That Wine!
You have the perfect menu and the food is almost ready. You have a great wine to accompany the meal and you want to offer your guests a glass as they walk in the door. It’s time for them to arrive and you realize you forgot to open the wine to let it breathe. Darn! The friends you’ve invited are wine enthusiasts and you wanted to give them the full experience of the delicious new wine you discovered. Then you remember the birthday gift you put in the drawer without trying it: the wine aerator. “Does it really work”, you ask yourself.
In this writer’s experience and that of many others, the resounding answer is YES! One review I read summed it up well. The reviewer said it could make a “regular” bottle of wine taste like a “select” bottle of wine which would typically be twice the price.
People who enjoy wine generally know it tastes better after it has time to breathe. The simple fact in today’s hectic world is…. most of us open a bottle of wine when we are ready to drink it. “Not enough time” seems to be a common mantra today. I’m going to tell you about one popular model of aerator, the Venturi Wine Aerator. Users simply hold the accessory over a wine glass and pour the wine through it. The design of of the device decreases the pressure of the wine as it flows through it which draws in air. The air mixes with the wine making it breathe instantly. Voila! The wine tastes smoother and the bouquet is stronger.
The taste test my neighbor and I performed was on a bottle of wine I had deemed “not very good”. After pouring the wine through the aerator, I was pleasantly surprised and pleased at the improved flavor of the wine. It was remarkable to me. My neighbor agreed.
Next time you forget to open the wine when you have guests coming over, or….if you simply want to enjoy your wine the moment you open it, pull out your wine aerator and use it. You may also enjoy the fun sound of the wine as it flows through the aerator and into your waiting glass.
