What's the difference between glass bottle and glass wine decanter？

In English, people often confuse the words carafe and decanter. Because these two kinds of utensils can be used to hold liquids such as wine, can be used to wake up, both of them have classical and graceful curved bottle type. However, these two kinds of utensils have their own merits.

Wine precipitates during aging. Pigments and tannins in red wine combine to form fine particles. White wine has little precipitation due to its low content of pigments and tannins. Although harmless to the body, these sediments affect the appearance and color of the wine, making the wine taste bitter and granular. Therefore, when drinking red wine, especially those older years of red wine, it is usually necessary to wake up.

There are two most important functions of sobering: exposure to oxygen and release of closed aroma. These two steps make the aroma of the wine emit, and the taste is better and more supple. Awakening wine can make lighter white wine and pink wine volatilize some rough ingredients, such as alcohol, and then enhance their taste. When pouring wine into glass water bottles and sobering devices, wine is exposed to more oxygen. The design of sobering devices allows wine to be exposed to large areas of oxygen and remove precipitation while pouring wine. Therefore, it is suitable for Porter and Red Wine. White and pink wines are best served in glass decanters.

When wine is poured into a sober or glass bottle, the wine can "breathe". The shape of both vessels is conducive to removing precipitation and storing wine. The wake-up device is usually "long neck and big belly". The bottom of the wake-up device is large to facilitate the wine to contact more oxygen. The bottleneck is long and the shoulder width is wide to further filter out sediment. Glass bottles are usually taller and narrower than sobers, so when pouring wine, the contact between wine and oxygen is not as full as that of sobers. Some glass bottles are marked with scales and are usually used in bars and restaurants.

Nowadays, some people use glass, lead crystal glass and other bottles to store wine or wake up. Because people begin to pay attention to the visual beauty of wine, wine will be poured into glass or crystal cup to appreciate its wonderful color.

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   The materials of sobering utensils and glass bottles are different, including glass, ceramics, lead crystal glass, etc. For centuries, many people have used these utensils to sober up. However, a study carried out in 1991 showed that long-term use of lead crystal glassware to hold liquids may lead in the liquids, the results of which were published in the famous medical journal Lancet. It is well known that lead is harmful to health, especially to pregnant women and fetuses. Although it is not advisable for people to serve wine only with lead crystal glassware and store wine or liquids in other materials instead.

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