When I have a wine that need airing, I like to pour it into my wife's
grandmother's cut-glass water pitcher.

A bottle will fill the pitcher about 3/4 full, and the shape exposes more
of the wine to air.

Am I overlooking something when I air the wine this way? Is there a reason
a more traditional carafe would be better.

Looking forward to your input.

Jim

On Dec 28, 6:54�pm, Jim Lovejoy > wrote:
> When I have a wine that need airing, I like to pour it into my wife's
> grandmother's cut-glass water pitcher.
>
> A bottle will fill the pitcher about 3/4 full, and the shape exposes more
> of the wine to air.
>
> Am I overlooking something when I air the wine this way? �Is there a reason
> a more traditional carafe would be better.
>
> Looking forward to your input.
>
> Jim

Should be fine. The one advantage a traditonal decanter has (well,
most shapes actually expose more than a pitcher, but a pitcher should
have plenty of surface space) is the smaller neck space to lessen the
chance of "visitors"

DaleW > wrote in
:

> On Dec 28, 6:54�pm, Jim Lovejoy > wrote:
>> When I have a wine that need airing, I like to pour it into my wife's
>> grandmother's cut-glass water pitcher.
>>
>> A bottle will fill the pitcher about 3/4 full, and the shape exposes
>> more of the wine to air.
>>
>> Am I overlooking something when I air the wine this way? �Is there
> a reason
>> a more traditional carafe would be better.
>>
>> Looking forward to your input.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Should be fine. The one advantage a traditonal decanter has (well,
> most shapes actually expose more than a pitcher, but a pitcher should
> have plenty of surface space) is the smaller neck space to lessen the
> chance of "visitors"
>
Gotcha! In fact there are times of year where we need to put something
over the top of the bottle to discourage "visitors".

Most of the year though, the pitcher should be safe enough.

Thanks for the response.