The Decantus Wine Aerator - Move Over Vinturi!

Decantus Wine Aerator - Better Look Out Vinturi!

 
Looks and Performance!
 
Graceful

 Sophisticated

Stylish - Classy

Performance with Style

Brilliantly Designed


The Perfect Gift for the discerning wine lover.

The Decantus wine aerator is proving that style does matter.  It was the Vinturi wine aerator that brought wine aeration to the forefront for many wine lovers, new and old, but the marketplace is letting Vinturi know that style and performance is still a personal choice. Sales of the Decantus wine aerators are soaring, and the Decantus company explains why.

"Wine lovers want the best from their wine of course, but they also want to enjoy the cachet of the experience, and the Decantus wine aerator gives them that. Superior wine aeration with a classic styling associated with fine crystal wine glasses and decanters." (*Here is the Decantus co. promo details)

Almost every product makes superior performance claims, but Decantus has gone one better by designing ease-of-use with their classic styling, in an aerator that includes 21st century science to achieve noticeable performance benefits.

Performance:
In simple terms, a wine aerator adds air to wine, (remember the adage: "wine needs to breathe"), as it pours through the aerator, instantly enhancing the flavor. (*See a more detailed explanation of wine aeration benefits)

The Decantus aerator adds two innovations that they say other wine aerators lack. The first is what they call a "planar insert" that prevents the wine from forming a whirlpool effect as it pours through the aerator. This accomplishes two tasks, because it eliminates the whirlpooling, the wine flows through faster, and it is less frothy, giving a more clear pour while still attaining the maximum aeration desired.

Secondly, they have added extra long slanted capillary tubes that give you the desired aeration without any drips. This no-drips thing is more important than it sounds, as any wine lover that has stained table clothes, (wine drips from glass to aerator stand), will tell you.

But in reality, the real reason to choose a Decantus wine aerator over a Vinturi or Vino2 is going to be style. All three of the top wine aerators perform well. You would need a highly calibrated scientific instrument to measure any difference in performance. Even the most dedicated Oenophile will be hard put to tell the difference in a blind tasting.

Style:
So it comes down to style and personal choice. And the Decantus has plenty of style. And it is a style that also incorporates ease-of-use. The crystal clear loop handles on each side make using the Decantus an exhibition of easy dignity. No fumbling, no balancing acts, and no clumsy "baseball grips" over the glass. The visual presentation of the Decantus aerator evokes images of fine wine decanters and crystal wineware. The importance of proper preparation and presentation are not to be ignored if you want to enjoy the total wine experience. If you just want some wine, grab one of those little screw-cap bottles and chug-a-lug it on the way to the TV, but if you want to enjoy a good glass of wine in the setting it deserves, then you need a few wine accessories to help you out. The Decantus wine aerator is definitely one wine accessory you should consider! There is even an available table stand that makes aeration a hands-free operation.

(ps. here is a side-by-side comparison of the other two wine aerator market leaders - The Vinturi and the Vino2)

Where to buy The Decantus Wine Aerator

Searching the web to find the best prices for this aerator turned up hundreds of web sites selling it, but the best selections and prices ended up being on Amazon, the Nets'  largest marketplace, and besides the security and dependability of shopping on Amazon, (they have the fastest shipping of all the sites checked), almost all Decantus aerator listings included Free shipping!

Striving to ensure you have the best shopping experience possible, even though you have multiple shops competing for your sale, Amazon's centralized fulfillment centers guarantee you get exactly what you paid for shipped as quickly as possible. They guarantee it, or your money back!

Plus their super-secure encrypted payment system ensures no one ever gets access to your credit card information.

See the Decantus wine aerator on Amazon now!

And just for comparison, here are links to the Vinturi and Vino2 wine aerators on Amazon:

Amazon.com has a buyer satisfaction rating that every marketplace on the web tries to match. Amazon prices are consistently lower than any you will find elsewhere. Almost every wine aerator listed on Amazon now also qualifies for Free shipping.

The Vino2 wine aerator on Amazon.com

One of the best places on the web for all things wine is Amazon.com, and their selection of Vinturi wine aerators is as complete as the Vinturi company site, but with much better prices! You can even check them out for wine glasses to match your crystal decanter.

The Vinturi Wine Aerator 





Make sure you get the best deal possible, check out these wine aerators on ebay too!

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Wine Aerator - What is Wine Aeration - Which Method is Best

Wine Decanters and a Wine Funnel or a Vinturi-type Wine Aerator

What does a wine aerator do? Do you need to aerate wine? Why? Do you just aerate red wine, or should you aerate white wine too? What is the best way to aerate wine, should you use wine decanters and a wine funnel, or one of the new pour-flow wine airators like the Vinturi or Vino2 aerators? And what about wine carafes, can they be used for aerating wine?

With the growing popularity of wine aerators, you may have some of these questions yourself. Most wine lovers have heard the expression, "you should let wine breathe," but an understanding of what this really means will help will help you better understand the process of aerating wine.

Why aerate wine, (let wine breathe)?

Aerating wine simply means to mix air with the wine. Traditionally this was done with wine decanters and a wine funnel. When you aerate wine, there are two immediate effects;

1) the wine molecules are stimulated by the movement and the wine warms up slightly,
2) air molecules mix with the wine molecules.

Both effects allow the molecules to expand, releasing more of the wines fragrance, also the air molecules will bind with some of the wine molecules, which will soften the flavor of the wine. Especially wines with high tannin levels like a Cabernet Sauvignon, Port, or Bordeaux. Aerating red wine also gets rid something you may have heard referred to as "bottle stink", this is the smell caused by the release of the air trapped in the bottle when it was first corked at the vintners.

Technically speaking ...
Allowing air molecules to bind with tannin, (an astringent polyphenol molecule that gives the wine a "dryness" or "pucker" effect), and sulfite, (used to stop fermentation of, and to preserve, the wine), molecules in the wine appears to soften the harshness of flavor they cause. Aerating wine is also thought to soften the effects of mercaptans, (molecules of the Alcohol group, also known as wine faults), in the wine.

Types of wine aerators and wine aeration

Pour-through Vinturi wine aerators: Pour-through wine aerators like the Vinturi Essential or Vino2 models use something known as the Bernoulli principle to produce a much more vigorous mixing affect. This means that as the wine flows from the larger top "bowl", (the chamber you are pouring the wine into), of the aerator, into the more narrow channel of the aerator, the velocity of the wine increases. This causes a suction-effect. There is a small air-hole channel in the wine aerator that allows this suction to pull in air and mix it with the wine as it is speeding through the narrow channel. As the wine exits the bottom of the wine aerator it is now a more turbulent type of flow that also allows for further aeration. This combined process is the quickest way to aerate wine, and allows you to pour directly into a wine glass or wine carafes.
Here is a comparison review of the two most popular pour-through wine aerators.


Wine Funnels: Wine funnels mostly just serve the purpose of any funnel, but with a couple other aspects. Wine funnels do perform
some wine aeration very similar to what the Vinturi pour-through wine aerators do, but not quite as vigorously because there is no air-channel for more air introduction. Many wine funnels also have removable sediment screens to use when pouring heavy red wines into wine decanters. Even though their function is basic, there is nothing basic about their design. Wine aerator style has always been a personal choice. You can see wine funnel choices with anything from basic tin functionality, to antique pewter wine funnel craftsmanship.



Wine Decanters - Decanting wine for aeration:
Before the introduction of pour-through wine aerators, decanting wine into true wine decanters was the way most people aerated wine. A true wine decanter is a vessel that has a large "bulbous" body that allows a large wine surface area to be in contact with the air. Wine carafes are not true wine decanters because they don't allow for the large wine to air surface area to allow proper wine aeration. Wine carafes are wine servers. You can take a look at these wine decanters to see what is meant by large wine surface exposure.

Wine aerating varies with the type of wine.

Choosing how long to aerate wine, and which type of wine aerator or method to use depends on the wine. Some generally accepted guidelines will help you decide, but you still need to consider the characteristics of each individual vintage to determine the proper wine aeration process to use.

1) the younger the wine, the more it will benefit from aeration. This is especially true for red wines, but there are many white wines that will also benefit from aeration, the more "body" a wine has the more it will be helped by aeration. If you use wine decanters and a wine funnel for these red wines, you should decant the wine as much as 1 to 2 hours before drinking. For white wines, decanting for about 15 - 30 minutes should be enough.


2) older reds, (5 - 8 yrs. and older), need special aeration considerations. Many wine experts agree that the fragrance and flavor of older vintages of red wines is much more fragile than that of young wines. When decanting these wines, only a few minutes aeration is recommended, longer aeration tends to lead to deterioration of flavor and fragrance instead of helping it. Whether or not to use a pour-through wine aerator for older vintages is a toss-up question with many wine experts on each side of the answer. Which means it will be a personal choice when deciding how to aerate wine in this category.

3) full-bodied reds benefit from aeration of either method, but a lot of these type wines also have sediment and would be better served by using a wine funnel with a sediment filter to decant the wine into wine decanters that will let the sediment fall before pouring. Pour-through wine aerators will aerate these wines, but they won't filter the sediment.

4) Sparkling wines like champagne should not be aerated.

Wine aerators as gifts:

This is truly the case of "the best of both worlds." Wine aerators are wine accessories that every wine lover wants, and that makes them great gifts! It is not an either-or situation. When it comes to classy wine tools, can you every have too many? And who says that one way of aerating wine is all you will need? Will you always be drinking one type of wine?

A Vinturi wine aerator may be the latest in wine technology, and a desirable addition to your collection of wine accessories, but that doesn't mean you will never be decanting wine again! Even with the new wine aerators, aerating wine is still a part of the process that varies from wine to wine. One size does not fit all. Using a classic pewter wine funnel to decant that special vintage into Reidel or Douglas wine decanters can be as enjoyable a part of the wine drinking experience as the actual drinking.


You might also be interested in this head-to-head review of the two pour-through wine aerator market leaders, the Vinturi Essential, and the Vino2 wine aerators. It contains actual customer reviews as well as company promos and resource links.


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