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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Decanting process
- Decanting cradles
- Aeration
- See also
- References
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thumb|Decanter with stopper
A decanter is a vessel that is used to hold the decantation of a liquid (such as wine) which may contain sediment. Decanters, which have a varied shape and design, have been traditionally made from glass or crystal. Their volume is usually equivalent to one standard bottle of wine (0.75 litre).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “decanter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.