Amazon.com Review: Visually dramatic, this 1-1/2-liter Vino Grande Spiegelau decanter adds flair to your table while improving the experience of your favorite wines. With its broad belly and slender neck, the piece provides maximum oxygen exposure to wine, enhancing the flavor and the bouquet. Surprisingly graceful for its capacity, the decanter holds up to two standard bottles at a time. Mouth-blown in Germany from lead-free glass, it matches incredible clarity with reassuring durability for frequent and festive use. Standing 9 inches high, the decanter measures 8-3/4 inches in diameter and is safe in the dishwasher. --Emily Bedard
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Generously sized
This is a nice decanter for the wine enthusiast. It holds at least a 750 mL bottle with a large surface area exposed to air. A wine bottle can easily fit upside down in the neck of this generously sized decatner. There's no stopper, so drink up. Recommended.
Rating: - elegant and sturdy
I must admit that I always thought that people who decanted their wines were just a little bit over the top. A friend of mine told me that he could take a relatively cheap - or new - wine and make it taste better by pouring the wine into a decanter through a wine strainer. By increasing the wine's exposure to oxygen it reduced the tannic taste some wines have when poured immediately from the bottle; proving the old "let it breathe" adage. He won me over after we hammered down a couple of bottle of wine his way. I purchased this along with the 1 liter version as a gift for another friend.
