Sorry, wine-lovers, this expert has bad news for you – 'frothing' simply can't replace decanting

If you're like me, then you're constantly looking for the next quick kitchen hack to give yourself back some precious minutes.

But there's a little time-saving trick one wine expert says isn't worth it.

In fact, it could actually cost you a perfectly palatable glass of wine.

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Cast your minds back to 2019 – a catastrophic fire partially destroyed the centuries-old Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Donald Trump became the third president in United States' history to be impeached, and a little blog post on WineExpress.com created some buzz among alcohol aficionados.

"If you're a coffee aficionado you may actually own an aerator without realising it," the blog post, which encouraged wine-lovers to decant their wine by "frothing" it, read.

"Just let the bubbles subside a bit before drinking!"

"Just put in there and let it spin," an expert said in a video where he demonstrated using a milk frother to quickly decant wine.

"The wine gets thoroughly aerated and a little bit foamy, but the foam goes down eventually... What you get immediately is the nose really opens up, but when you taste it you get that nice soft, supple flavors that aeration gives to it."

Award-winning wine expert Jeremy Ottawa, however, advises against this common hack.

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"I wouldn't recommend this one, despite what you might see on the internet," Ottawa, who is the senior winemaker at historic Barossa Valley winery Château Tanunda, tells 9honey Kitchen.

"The goal with decanting is gentle exposure to air," he explains. "Frothing wines introduces a lot of air very quickly, which will inevitably change the wine's profile and can cause the wine to lose its delicate flavours and aromas."

Do you really need to decant wine?

There's no quick way to decant wine, but that doesn't mean you should skip it altogether.

"It is funny to think that a wine needs to 'breathe', but essentially, when you decant a wine, you are doing just that, aerating it," Ottawa explains.

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He says, however, that not all wines need to be decanted – for Château Tanunda's The Château Single Vineyard 'Bethanian' Shiraz 2022, he suggests decanting, but when it comes to the vineyard's Grand Barossa Dry Rosé 2022, Ottawa says to avoid decanting.

"Aerating a wine, especially for a young, full-bodied red, will help soften the tannins and expand the aromas," he says.

"For rosé and white wines that are enjoyed for their freshness and acidity, decanting is often not necessary."

9honey Kitchen encourages readers to drink responsibly.