Wine Asylum

Posted by Grover (A) on July 21, 2003 at 09:58:03

In Reply to: Red Wine Questions posted by JeffMO on July 21, 2003 at 09:11:54:

The key is letting air contact the surface of the wine. So just uncorking the bottle and letting it sit, doesn't really do much - unless you let it sit for hours. There's just not enough surface area in an uncorked but full bottle of wine.

So what I do is uncork the wine and pour two 1/4 full glasses. You can let the bottle and glasses sit for maybe 15 to 20 minutes and the wine should start to be much more drinkable then. You can also swirl the wine in your glass to make the process go quicker.

I normally sip the wine initially after opening, so see if the bottle is good or not. But save any serious drinking until after a half hour.

Seek out Italian wines for really good under $10 a bottle reds.

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