April 12, 2012
Old Wines
Old wines often have a significant amount of perfectly natural, harmless sediment at the bottom. It's just not very pleasant to drink. You want to stand up your bottle early in the day (or the night before) to let all the sediment collect in the bottom. Then you slowly pour the wine into the decanter until all you have left is the sediment at the bottom and a small amount of wine that you have to sacrifice to the Gods of the Wine Cellar.
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