Wine aerator

[GROUCHO MARX]

One of the communicants came by the ministry with a wine aerator recently. I'm by no means an expert but some wine enthusiasts did give the thumbs up to the device improving the characteristics of cheaper wine.

Has anyone else used one?

 

[Quest]

Aerator is basically nothing more than a glass funnel (maybe straightshaft, some may have a slightly different designs that resembles a shower head water pattern) and a big glass flask.

What it does is when you pour wine into your aerator, it should add air to the wine to bring out the volatile aromatic elements within (the "fruitiness" smell and taste).

Unfortunately, if the wine is heavy on the tennins(sp?) (esp. cheeply made wines or wines that are most commonly matured in stainless steel vassels/barrels) and doesn't have too much aroma to it, an aerator wouldn't help it much.

This is the knowledge I have RE: wines and aerators. I'm sure that many wine connoisseurs would chime in and provide their thoughts on this too.

 

[XS650]

Quest, the ones I have see are the "Vinturi" that uses a venturi effect to draw air into the wine. I have never used one but a lot of winerys sell them in the tasting rooms.

 

[tom slick]

Are you going to use it on the sacramental wine?

 

[Pop_Rivit]

While it can improve the palate of some wines, there are a lot of excellent, inexpensive wines available that don't need aeration. I recently picked up a case of Barolo from a wine store. After the case discount the wine ended up being $7.28 a bottle and it's an excellent wine.

The Wine of the Month Club sends out some great reds in the $5.00 to $10.00 range.

 

[GROUCHO MARX]

Originally Posted By: tom slick
Are you going to use it on the sacramental wine?


Nah, too much time getting the wine to the lips.

 

[Not the Autorx Frank]

Another use is when you have a red wine and fail to let it breath properly. You can speed up the process rather than wait 2 hours.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: XS650
Quest, the ones I have see are the "Vinturi" that uses a venturi effect to draw air into the wine. I have never used one but a lot of winerys sell them in the tasting rooms.

I just ordered this Vinturi one. Personally, I'm not a big wine connoisseur and I'm guessing I will probably not even be able to taste the difference, but I have some finicky wine drinking friends that often want to use it when they come over, so I'm going to keep one in the house just for them.

 

[CivicFan]

Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
While it can improve the palate of some wines, there are a lot of excellent, inexpensive wines available that don't need aeration. I recently picked up a case of Barolo from a wine store. After the case discount the wine ended up being $7.28 a bottle and it's an excellent wine.

The Wine of the Month Club sends out some great reds in the $5.00 to $10.00 range.


How to turn cheap wine into a drinkable liquid:
http://smellslikegrape.blogspot.com/2007/10/micro-oxygenate.html