Winery Tourism Practice Exam

Decanting is the act of pouring wine from its bottle into a carafe. This technique serves to separate any sediment from the wine and to expose it to air, helping aromas and flavors open up, especially with older wines or wines that have a sediment. The word decant specifically describes this transfer. The other options refer to unrelated ideas—vintage is the year the grapes were harvested; a natural compound from grape skins would be tannins or pigments; and simply restating the pouring action doesn’t name the technique.