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Essential Accessories

To enjoy drinking wine, you need more than a good bottle.  Just as the Japanese have a tea ceremony, where the proper application of etiquette and equipment are paramount, drinking wine benefits from appropriate conduct.  Assuming the wine has been cellared well and not served too warm or too cold, various accessories are needed to open the bottle and serve the wine.

Foil Cutter
Don’t remove the whole foil capsule.  This is equivalent to ripping off the label from the bottle before you have drunk the wine.  The capsule is part of the appearance of the bottle and should be treated as such.
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Corkscrew
There are hundreds of corkscrews on the market, all working in different ways.  Decide if you want one to carry around with you and whether you want to buy a new one every few months as cheap ones fall apart.  Corkscrews are subjected to quite an amount of force, so need good build quality.  The length of the screw and the lever should be substantial enough to easily extract the cork.
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Filtered Funnel & Decanter
All wine should be decanted and the funnel helps with the pouring, aeration and the removal of sediment.
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Riedel Wine Glass
The wine glass makes all the difference to the taste of the wine.  Riedel are famous for having perfected the wine glass shape, bringing out the best in the wine
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Wine Stoppers
A smart stopper is far more attractive than pushing the cork back in and will stop spillage if you accidentally knock the bottle over.
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Wine Preservers
Lastly, if you don’t plan to finish the bottle, keep it fresh overnight with a vacuum or gas preserver.  Definitely drink the rest the next day.  Wine really doesn't taste the same much longer than 24 hours later.
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