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1. Letting Wine Breathe by Alan
Opening a red wine and letting it get exposure to air is not just some wine related myth, but allows pent up alcohol to dissipate, while letting the flavors, and the bouquet "open up". To really achieve an effect, a small amount of the wine has to be poured off (into a glass) to create enough surface area to make the difference. This is different from "decanting", used usually for an older wine, to allow breathing and capture any sediment that might have formed in the bottle.
Alan Watt is a partner of a small company based in Cameron Park, CA. For the past 20 years he has offered a very unique, personal service for people who love wine.
To contact Alan visit his website: http://www.thewinesource.biz/ a merchant of fine wine!
Alan, you are such a brilliant writer, and you know wine inside and out. It's lovely to see you spreading your authorial wings. You could probably write a book that would be popular with winoe afficionados such as me.
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