# 9 - "Shape matters"

As fine wine lovers, it’s always a big pleasure to owe several delicate and beautiful decanters at home. Red, white, sparkling, fortified. We decant everything. 

We love the look of a decanter,  the feel of a decanter. 

These functional and stylish decanters, they are art pieces. 

They have been made by glass-making masters with concentration and emotion; they are like all types of pretty women in the world, with different characters, and different body shapes, who attract different people’s attention.

There are two main practical reasons why we decant a wine.

First, it’s a way of removing the sediment, often present in older wines and some high quality younger red. And second, it’s way of aerating, or exposing the wine to oxygen, which brings out the full flavor and aroma of the wine.

But, we want to say, wine just looks it’s best in a beautiful decanter! Look at this gorgeous pictures when decanting wine...

Among all the decanter producers, Riedel is the most outstanding brand. 

It was just over 50 years ago that Claus Riedel developed the notion that ‘shape matters’ when it comes to wine glasses making, and since then Riedel have developed a number of varietal specific wine glasses and decanters in order to enhance a wine drinker’s experience.

So, next time when your wine lover friend invites you to have dinner at home, bring a beautiful decanter, then every time when your friend decants the wine, he or she will think of you.

The video shows the Riedel  art of packaging their amazing decanters…