March 19, 2018 @ 3:07 pm
Big Rick Hardly Strictly Wine Blog
Pour off a glass, re-cork the bottle and shake it up. That’s all there is to it!
Pour off enough to reach the bottle’s shoulder, which is where it broadens out from the neck. This creates a greater surface area of wine that’s exposed to the air. And since air is a great way to open up a wine, when you re-cork the bottle and shake it up, you’re quickly exposing all of the wine to that good air as you shake, not just the surface, which is why traditional breathing (read: waiting around) takes so long. Because you don’t need a decanter or other tool, you can do this one on picnics, at the beach, on the go…it’s the single fastest way to make wine taste better!