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This is interesting since most bottles that are recommended for 'breathing' are older reds, not younger ones.


You know, i have these spare ice cubes that some Eskimo sold me...



Oh, now them's just the taunting words aren't they?


Well many people do many weird things in this world. I have a buddy who swears that putting his audio cables on little plastic risers perfectly syncs the sound, but only if they are elevated for exactly 10.2 hours. The same guy bought a wine 'ager' which is apparently a wine coaster with a magnet on the bottom.
The idea is to place the bottle on the coaster for say an hour and it 'ages' the wine a full day/month/year.


My concern is about what they put into the bottles. I've never been keen on that chemical, formaldehyde flavour.

All incredibly humourous wit aside, i AM going to give the aeration concept a solid personal testing for the sake of self and science.
It should be grueling on me i'm sure.

The tests should include pours from a decanter and another pour using an aeration unit (i'll buy it for a friend for his upcoming bday).
All tastes will be done blind of course and i'll round up at least three people for the tastes including two who have worked over their palates for a number of years now.

So to get the parameters set up, which wine should change significantly with aeration that i can get locally?
Maybe a common but tasty US cab? Aussie cab?

Second, how long should the aeration in the decanter be?

Opinions welcome.