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| | | Wine Primers have come to Vinocellar. Actually, they've been here for quite a while, but were hard to find, buried deep in our Wine Forums. It seems it was Winetex's goal to bring these valuable bits of information out of the darkness, and into the light... again! Winetex has created a new post in the Wine Learning Center section of the Wine Forums. In this post, there have been great discussions about many different wine related topics, such as: Topless Decanting, Wine Maturity Curves, and Primers about different regions of wine country, both here in the States and abroad. Check out this valuable list of information by clicking the Read More... link below. Thanks again Winetex, at least someone has figured out how to search VinoCellar! 
| After writing my article about Decanting Wine, in which I explained why to decant wine, a few good questions were asked. Combined, these questions essentially led to one big question. How do I know how old a wine is and how long to decant it? That certainly is a big question, and while there is some common sense involved here, this is where experience starts to count.
|  Performing the ceremonial rituals of wine consumption can be a fascinating journey for the wine enabled. From pulling that evening’s perfectly aged bottle, to gently pouring the wine into your best crystal decanter, to swirling the wine in your Riedel Sommelier glassware; it is not just the wine itself that provides all the pleasure throughout an evening. For some, it is a performance done to satisfy a savant like desire. For others it is a fancy display applauded by one's friends. At the same time, it is usually done with a specific reason and purpose sometimes unknown by the casual observer.
Let’s take wine decanting for example.
|  When I first started getting into wine, it wasn't my fault. It certainly wasn't my parents fault either. They believed wine in a box was all they needed to satisfy friends and family. That is what I grew up drinking, or should I say, not drinking! Wine from a box tasted green, acidic, and just plain bad. In today's world, these wines would be rated well below 80 points and would be considered to have many flaws that warrant such a bad score.
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