Opening wine to let it "breathe"

[John_Morris]

Yes, that has to be the qualifier.

Here’s one of Alan’s posts from 2016. But I think he started a thread that laid this out in more detail.

The myth of letting wines breathe

Decanter did another trial of this kind within the past year or so. It was pretty interesting, but not particularly conclusive. I think the general conclusion was that decanting doesn’t hurt, but may not help. Having said that, I tend to subscribe to the thoughts on this written by Prof. Waterhouse of UC Davis, which can be found in this article: Mr. Waterhouse thought the elimination of sulfur aromas is all that these accessories — or, for that matter, aeration — had to offer. “A number o…