Anyone doin' this? If so, do you feel it equates with good old fashioned shelf aging?

tgb

No. And No.

I am sure someone out there is doing it.
It's a bit like tenderizing a steak by backing your truck over it.

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It's a bit like tenderizing a steak by backing your truck over it.

Heeeyyyy! Maybe not a bad idea! Might be the next trend.


Just have to figure out how to get the gravel out.

I'd never put an old delicate wine in there, but a good 60 seconds on frappe for a young wine seems to equal an hour to a few hours in a decanter.

That said, air (decanter, blender, Vinturi), is never a substitution for aging.


I've done it a number of times, only with younger tannic reds that need air badly (yes, I know, aging them properly is best). Blending doesn't screw them up in any way shape or form.

Buy two identical wines like a young CdRhone, pop one in a decanter for the afternoon, frappe the other one for a minute. Don't speculate, see for yourself.

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No. And No.

+1, but it is still the best way to get a frog through a straw.

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Originally posted by Gigond Ass:
No. And No.

+1, but it is still the best way to get a frog through a straw.

+2. I don't know why, that frog/straw thing just sounds so........Texan!! No wine will see either a blender or a microwave on my watch!

PH

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by Gigond Ass:
No. And No.

+1, but it is still the best way to get a frog through a straw.

+2. I don't know why, that frog/straw thing just sounds so........Texan!! No wine will see either a blender or a microwave on my watch!

PH

We don't own a microwave, so I'm safe there also.

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by Gigond Ass:
No. And No.

+1, but it is still the best way to get a frog through a straw.

+2. I don't know why, that frog/straw thing just sounds so........Texan!! No wine will see either a blender or a microwave on my watch!

PH

We don't own a microwave, so I'm safe there also.

How do you heat up your Hot Pockets?

If they are hot, why would one need to heat one?

PH

If you're going to throw it in the blender you MUST toss in a bit of crushed garlic, and perhaps some fresh herbs.....

One word: Bass-o-matic.

Tried it.

No go - turned the wine into Welch's....so Parker would rate it a 100.



Really, a non-starter, for me. I bet you could blend a Two Buck Chuck and compare it to a Dunn and they'd give the same impressions after being Osterized.

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Tried it.

No go - turned the wine into Welch's....so

Really? Which wine?

There was a blurb about this technique in a recent WS issue. Someone tested it and found it did “help” young wines. I could see how it would work, but I don't like to drab so I don’t have use for it.