We’ve all seen intricate, handblown glass contraptions being trotted past us in a fancy restaurant when a patron orders an expensive bottle of wine. But does wine really need decanting? First, before ...

The word "decanting" often conjures images of esoteric and arcane rituals among wine drinkers. The reality is that decanting wine is the same practice as skimming chicken stock. Except in the case of ...

Recently, a friend told me he received a wine decanter as a present and texted me a photo of it. Naturally, I was intrigued. It looked like no other decanter I have ever seen. It includes a glass ...

The wine was not mine, but I could not take my eyes off the sommelier as she poured it. In her hands was a glass vessel so beautiful, it was art. A tapered neck, nearly two feet long, extended from a ...