To Aerate or Not to Aerate

Thought we should share some pictures of our, let's call it revelation, on wine aeration. Mom and Dad Ramirez received a Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator for Christmas this year, and Christina and I had the opportunity to experience its amazing powers.

Anybody who drinks wine periodically knows that a bottle/glass benefits from a little time to "breath". When exposed to atmosphere a wine warms; allowing aromas to be more easily released and flavors within the wine, such as latent acidity and tannins, to blend/mellow. More full bodied wines can take several minutes to an hour of "breathing" before they reach their peak of flavor. Well, what wino wants to wait that long? If only their were a faster way...... but wait!!

Christina does not look impressed

The night in question, we were blessed with having the one and only Vinturi wine aerator (crowd roars, angels sing, etc., etc.). This particular device uses quantum physics, thermodynamics, micro biology, and the space aged polymers to fully "open up" a glass of wine the instant it is poured into its respective crystal. Well we just had to place the device in the hot seat and test it.

Jorge preparing to be blown away

Chicky is speechless

Okay, well maybe I'm just bitter because on a blind taste test, I was the only one out of the four of us that didn't choose the Vinturi'd (sweet new word) wine as superior. The true sommeliers in the group could tell the difference; a smoother wine with mellower/fruitier (also....words?)

Even Gidget prefers Vinturi'd wine