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My husband and I saw one of these for the first time while on a trip to Texas Wine Country (Fredericksburg, TX). We were so amazed by its beauty but also the ability to decant the wine twice in use. We immediately jumped on Amazon at the restaurant and during the same dinner we were shown the decanter and bought one. It arrived as soon as we got home from the trip. We love it. It comes with a very durable box and sturdy foam packaging to reuse and store the decanter when not in use. Comes with a stand and pour spout that can be sealed with a cap. We’ve been able to clean it pretty easily and haven’t had to use the metal beads that come with it to clean it. It’s a nice addition/feature but not 100% necessary to clean it. Overall, we love this decanter!!!

This decanter made a difference in the wine taste immediately. The acidity level was reduced such that my wife asked if it was a different wine. Easy to use, and the drying rack is very useful. It's great to be able to aerate a wine and put it back in the bottle. With a quick rinse we can aerate multiple bottles with one in the decanter for table use. I like this so much I have already purchased another as a gift. Overall a very useful item to have in the house, and it makes a great gift for any wine connoisseur.

Not all wine requires aeration or decanting but many red wines definitely benefit from it. This is a great aeration tool. I'm very happy with mine and highly recommend it. This setup is especially good if don't want to own a separate decanter and aerator.The box with this decanter, aerator with cover, drying stand, and cleaning beads are not as tall as the other decanters we own (shown in a picture with a wine bottle for scale if you're managing limited cabinet space) but the carafe is still is broad enough to provide a large surface area to decant wine properly. Storage is more efficient due to modest scale of all components. This product is correctly sized and practical, not big and flashy.If you have a wine that needs some additional time resting to open up, it's easy to just let the wine sit in the decanter for 30 minutes to an hour of decanting while you cook. This is a great product. I wish I had found something like this years ago.

We bought several of these as Christmas gifts. Everyone loves the way you can pour the wine into the decanter and back into the bottle to serve.

My parents liked this but found it a bit complicated to use

This design of decanter is leaps better than traditional ones. The lid/stopper distributes the wine slowly in a fine layer along the inside of the glass so the wine/air exposure is as good as it gets. Many wines are ready to serve immediately after pouring in the decanter. Others that need heavy decanting sit with the lid off and are ready much sooner than when using a traditional carafe decanter. I typically serve straight from the decanter and if there is any left over when I'm done for the night I reverse it right back into the bottle and vacuum pump it. If you leave the wine in the decanter overnight (even with the lid on) it over-decants so getting it back into the bottle so easily is huge.Another convenience is that if you're having a party and want to decant numerous bottles you just decant them and return the wine to the bottle one at a time ahead of the party.Another tip is if you're going to put it right back in the bottle, detach the bottle first before flipping it to relieve the pressure and allow fresh air in. And always attend when it's attached because some wine bottles create more pressure than others so you always want to hold them in place.The cleaning balls are marginally effective - I think if there were 4x more of them they might work but I don't find it worth the effort with the ones provided. I fill it with water and let it soak overnight.The stand is invaluable! I keep a folded cloth underneath it and the decanter drip dries nicely.

I've used this product a few times before writing a review. I like it so much that I bought another one as a gift for my kid (of drinking age, of course) and recommended it to a friend who bought 2. The aerator part works better than a stand-alone aerator I have. What I especially like is that I can cycle younger wines through the aerator several times, each time enhancing the taste. The decanter part works as well as other decanters of the same surface size. The only thing I am not thrilled with is drying the decanter. The drying stand does not have friction coating, and I cannot place decanter on it at an angle. That, along with the glass rather than crystal used for this decanter, results in some moisture remaining on the wall and a few water droplets on the bottom after overnight drying. A couple of days of evaporation in upright position takes care of that. And while this design is fairly new, it makes a great conversation piece.

I bought this after seeing something similar for a much higher price at a winery we visited. I LOVE IT! It works exactly as shown. It is fun to watch the wine decant into the bottle and you really can put the wine back in the bottle, without mess, as designed. It comes very nicely boxed and with cleaning bb's so you can get it really clean if wine sediment sticks to the bottom. This would be a great gift and is priced really well on Amazon. My only improvement suggestion would be to include instruction inside the box rather than on the side. Amazon stuck a sticker right over the instructions which was a pain to get off. It isn't so complicated that you really have to have instructions but I wanted to be sure I was using it correctly when putting the wine back in the bottle.