Decanting wine is an easy way to bring out the flavours and nose of a wine. It's also an easy way to separate the sediment from the wine in older vintages. Younger wines greatly benefit from decanting. As the wine is poured slowly from bottle to decanter, the oxygen hits...
One of the first questions many people will ask when it comes to Champagne and sparkling wine is, what's the difference? To the people of the Champagne region in France, who rigorously defend their namesake and also claim as their own the world famous Dom Perignon, they might tell you...