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Reddit mentions of Houdini Wine Decanter with Wine Shower Funnel and Sediment Strainer, Off-White, 10-Inch - W2500,Glass/Stainless
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We found 1 Reddit mentions of Houdini Wine Decanter with Wine Shower Funnel and Sediment Strainer, Off-White, 10-Inch - W2500,Glass/Stainless. Here are the top ones.
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Improve the flavor and bouquet of wine before serving with this lead crystal decanter with funnel and strainer.Improve the flavor of even more inexpensive wines to serve friends and family.Create a shower of wine by pouring into the decanter over the funnel and strainer, adding oxygen to the wine to enhance its taste and aroma.Remove sediments that develop in aging wine with the stainless steel strainer.All pieces separate from each other for hand cleaning.
Specs:
| Color | Glass/Stainless |
| Height | 9.5 Inches |
| Length | 7.75 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Size | 10-inch |
| Weight | 2.35 Pounds |
| Width | 7.75 Inches |
First off, unless you want to blow your cash to impress your guests with a visually startling piece of glass art, you don't need one of these fancy pretty ones. Functionally speaking, even one of those old milk jugs with the tulip-flared lip will work (you can buy a bottle of Paul Masson and just keep the bottle). But those are a little chintzy, so I'd spend $30-$50 or so and get one with a wide bottom.
Now, there are two main purposes of decanters: 1) to speed up aeration and 2) to limit sediment getting into your glass. Now, one thing to note here is that most wines do not have sediment. It's mainly older wines (the tannin compounds bind with each other and other particulate during aging and the settle to the bottom) that get it. Also, some unfiltered biodynamic/organic wines will sometimes have sediment when young, but they're rare. Anyway, the idea here is to pour from bottle into decanter carefully, leaving behind the sediment as much as possible.
The other common purpose is aeration, and this is only really necessary with reds, and only certain reds. If a wine is "tight", with lots of acidity, tannins, etc., and not really being very expressive, some aeration can help. The oxygen interacts with the wine and "opens it up". Again, this is not the case with all wines, but certainly with "big" wines, high alcohol, intense, opulent things, it is often beneficial, especially when they're young. Delicate wines like red Burgundy, though, don't typically want to be decanted, as their delicacy can be lost when aerated too much.
Anyway, so, if you're drinking a lot of tight, young red wines that you think can benefit from aeration (or even some older wines of the same ilk), then yes, I would say you should try one out. Again, though, you don't need to spend a ton of money on one of those sculptures you linked to. A simple wide-bottomed decanter will get the job done.
Also, this funnel-strainer both helps filter out sediment and speeds up aeration. I use one sometimes, and it's nice to have. Note that the link I included above is for the set that includes the strainer and the decanter. A pretty good deal, IMHO.