particles, and this causes irreversible changes
in flavor. Leftover red wine is best handled by
a minimizing its exposure to flavor-altering
oxygen, which can be done by means of
inexpensive devices that pull the air out of a
partly empty bottle, or by replacing the air
with inert nitrogen gas, or by gently pouring a
partial bottle into smaller bottles that can be
filled all the way to the top — though the act
of pouring itself introduces some air into the
wine.
Enjoying Wine
For those who love it, wine can be endlessly
fascinating. The varieties of grape, the place
they were grown in, the weather that year, the
yeasts that ferment them, the skills of the
winemaker in handling them, the years they
spend in oak or in glass: all these factors and
more affect what we taste in a sip of wine.
And there’s a lot to taste in that sip, because