A strange but interesting offering from France arrived in my inbox today – a spectacular wine decanter called “Big Heart” Made by a French sculpter named Etienne Meneu from Bordeaux, this artistic piece is offered for a mere $2500 plus shipping.
The health police will probably disapprove of an image showing wine rather than blood coursing through the heart – but at least it should be effective at removing any fatty deposits! However, I can already hear the ladies tut-tutting along the lines of “all very well, but how do you clean it??” However at that price I doubt if you would really risk using it as a decanter!
This is not Etienne’s first foray into creating some spectacular and unusual carafes – see the-strange-decanter.blogspot.com/
Personally I like to use a decent decanter especially some bigger, more tannic reds – and they can enhance a dining table – and improve the wine up to a point. However, ideally the decanter of choice would have quite a wide neck which allows the wine to aerate (breathe) – although often just the process of decanting a wine into the decanter can have a beneficial effect. A decanter should be regarded as a temporary storage and pouring aide – long-term storage is not really recommended – and evidence suggests that even spirits and port wines are kept too long in an open bottle or decanter.
