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[quote author="SoCal78"]Wine sediment question:
I have read that wine sediment is nothing to be concerned about. However, I have a bottle that is so full of it, I don't think I could pour any wine without it coming out, and probably a lot of it. I have never seen a bottle with this much sediment before. What should I do with this bottle... get rid of it?[/quote]
No need to get rid of it. It is actually helpful to the wine. Many wines are "fined" aka strained for sediment. You have a couple of choices on how to deal with this.
1. No cost method: Let the bottle rest upright for a couple of days (unopened) to get the sediment to fall to the bottom. Open the wine and pour v e r y s l o w l y so as to keep the sediment at the bottom of the bottle. Don't drink the last inch or so. It is not perfect, but it is good enough. Sediment isn't really bad for you, but it can be a bit gritty. Some people might get red wine headaches from the sediment. Drink lots of water.
2. Low cost method: Find a second vessel (this gets slightly higher in price if you use a decanter, but another wine bottle of the same size will work just fine), and put a coffee filter in the second vessel so that the wine can be strained through the filter - a cone filter is easiest. Pour the wine through the filter slowly enough that you don't overflow the filter. Once done, pour wine from second vessel.
3. Higher (but not too high) cost method: Buy a strainer / mesh net. Pour wine out of bottle, through strainer, into second vessel.
When pouring wine from a decanter, pour slowly so that the sediment remains in the decanter and does not go into the wine glass.
HTH.
I have read that wine sediment is nothing to be concerned about. However, I have a bottle that is so full of it, I don't think I could pour any wine without it coming out, and probably a lot of it. I have never seen a bottle with this much sediment before. What should I do with this bottle... get rid of it?[/quote]
No need to get rid of it. It is actually helpful to the wine. Many wines are "fined" aka strained for sediment. You have a couple of choices on how to deal with this.
1. No cost method: Let the bottle rest upright for a couple of days (unopened) to get the sediment to fall to the bottom. Open the wine and pour v e r y s l o w l y so as to keep the sediment at the bottom of the bottle. Don't drink the last inch or so. It is not perfect, but it is good enough. Sediment isn't really bad for you, but it can be a bit gritty. Some people might get red wine headaches from the sediment. Drink lots of water.
2. Low cost method: Find a second vessel (this gets slightly higher in price if you use a decanter, but another wine bottle of the same size will work just fine), and put a coffee filter in the second vessel so that the wine can be strained through the filter - a cone filter is easiest. Pour the wine through the filter slowly enough that you don't overflow the filter. Once done, pour wine from second vessel.
3. Higher (but not too high) cost method: Buy a strainer / mesh net. Pour wine out of bottle, through strainer, into second vessel.
When pouring wine from a decanter, pour slowly so that the sediment remains in the decanter and does not go into the wine glass.
HTH.
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