Why use a wine decanter, and are there any benefits? Any wine, red or white and of any age, will generally be enhanced by exposure to air - usually, the more air a wine gets, the better. Pouring a wine directly from the bottle into the glass will aerate the wine to an extent, but pouring wine into a decanter will expose the entire bottle contents to the air, and the agitation caused by gently swirling helps even further. See for yourself and try one of the many wine decanters available.
