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Bordeaux Non classé Right Bank Serving Wine Wine Education

Why Do You Need To Decant Wine?

I’ve noticed that one or two of the posts I’ve sent out on “Tasting Tuesdays” have mentioned that I recommend decanting the wines for an hour or two before drinking them.  So what do I mean by decanting, and why bother do it?

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Bordeaux Left Bank Right Bank Wine Education

What Are The Right and the Left Banks?

There are these two “places” that get talked about all the time when people are discussing wine from Bordeaux.  There’s the Left Bank, and there’s the Right Bank.  I suppose it’s important to know what they are, if for no other reason than to get a rough idea of where things are down Bordeaux-way!