Bienvenido, a nuestro blog de vino. Soy Daniel Harringon sumiller en Avinae Wine & Spirits . Con el tiempo, gracias a lectores como tú, éste espacio se ha convertido en uno de los blogs de vino más leídos en ingles. Gracias por estar a ese lado de la pantalla. Te animo a que pases al nuestro colaborando con tus comentarios y preguntando lo que te interese.
Nunca hemos tenido la pretensión de entrar en ránkings de los mejores blogs de vino de España. Ni cosas por el estilo. Desde que empezamos con Avinae Wine & Spirits ,Mallorca Wine Experience y ahora con Vinos de Mallorca siempre hemos querido dotar a nuestra web de contenido de calidad. Nos inspiramos en algunas webs inglesas que nos parecieron interesantes. La idea es que los miembros de nuestro club de vinos tuvieran en este espacio un rincón donde poder encontrar información útil. Vídeos sobre catas de vino, algunos consejos para aprender de vino, curiosidades sobre le mundo del vino, recomendaciones de vinos y de winebars en los que hemos estado (y nos han gustado), ideas para hacer enoturismo, etc. Hay posts que incluyen vídeos y hay otras entradas con sólo texto.
Wine For Thought: Not just a pretty Vase!!
Decanter,
There are many wine gadgets and knick-knacks we pick up or are gifted if one is a wine lover. But the one that gets overlooked quite often is the Decanter! That delicate and ornate wine saving device, left to either collect dust positioned on a shelf in a drinks cabinet or at the back of that one cupboard you use for all the stuff you don’t know what to do with.
If we look at wine as a person, then let’s imagine that person is on a 20 hour International flight. Back cramps, stir crazy and a deep desire to stretch their legs means that all they want when they finally land is the fresh embrace of air and a little movement to feel alive again. That’s where our Decanter comes in to save the day. Regardless of whether your wine is a 14 year old Crozes Hermitage or a 2 year old sauvignon blanc, an 8 year old Barolo or a same year Rosé, even a 10/20 minute lounge in a Decanter can help soften out kinks in your wine. From softening acidic edges to helping coax out the more subtle fruit aromas and helping rid a wine of that “closed” smell it can sometimes develop. Take in to account that the older or bigger (fuller bodied) red wines can from 20 minutes to 2 hours to properly show its best form, this means that you will have to smell and even sample the wine sporadically to gauge where it is in terms of development, take the opportunity when doing this to take notes on how that wine is evolving so that you feel more comfortable with timings next time you buy a similar or same wine.
With Whites and Rosé it is important to note that they oxidize faster, so maximum 30 minutes if it is a really stubborn wine but the 10-20 minute window is kind of where you want to be. Again taking note of how the wine was straight out of the bottle and how it evolves when decanted.
Another important reason to decant wine is to remove sediment. The easiest way to do this is to slow pour the wine in to the decanter with a light or a small candle underneath the neck of the bottle and simply stop pouring the wine when you start to see the sediment. If you want to get up to the last drop of wine you can also pour through a muslin cloth or a coffee filter.
Remember wine fans, treat your wine with love and you will love every sip.
Here´s to you!
