Wine decanter

[Forever42]

I know that this has been mentioned a few times in the far past, but DH and I are nailing down some details.

My father, who has a large wine collection, wanted to give us one of his best bottles to take on our honeymoon cruise. It'll be a red, and one that may need decanting. I would like to bring it to semi-formal night to the regular dining room (we'd like to sample the Italian wines at Palo, on formal night), so I am wondering - how has anyone dealt with decanting their own wines? I absolutely want to and expect to pay the corkage fee, so it's not a matter of that. I just want to be able to let the wine decant and breath before dinner if it needs it. I don't mind bringing my own decanter, as we're driving to the port - just wondering about anyone else's experience.

 

[lvstitch]

I know that this has been mentioned a few times in the far past, but DH and I are nailing down some details.

My father, who has a large wine collection, wanted to give us one of his best bottles to take on our honeymoon cruise. It'll be a red, and one that may need decanting. I would like to bring it to semi-formal night to the regular dining room (we'd like to sample the Italian wines at Palo, on formal night), so I am wondering - how has anyone dealt with decanting their own wines? I absolutely want to and expect to pay the corkage fee, so it's not a matter of that. I just want to be able to let the wine decant and breath before dinner if it needs it. I don't mind bringing my own decanter, as we're driving to the port - just wondering about anyone else's experience.

Friends of ours did this on our last cruise (we were at the table with them). We had Sean from Palo and he was amazing. I have never seen this done before since I do not drink wine but I can tell you the service they received was well worth the $15 they paid. As soon as they walked into the dinner room they told the head service they needed someone to decant their wine and he was over within minutes.

 

[Forever42]

Friends of ours did this on our last cruise (we were at the table with them). We had Sean from Palo and he was amazing. I have never seen this done before since I do not drink wine but I can tell you the service they received was well worth the $15 they paid. As soon as they walked into the dinner room they told the head service they needed someone to decant their wine and he was over within minutes.

Were you on the Wonder? We had Sean from South Africa on the Wonder at Palo last year and loved him!

And thanks for the post! I was hoping to decant an hour or so before we went to dinner, but I'm nervous about looking "odd" carrying a decanter of wine and the empty bottle to dinner! Perhaps speaking to our servers/the head server beforehand will set my mind at ease?

 

[lvstitch]

Were you on the Wonder? We had Sean from South Africa on the Wonder at Palo last year and loved him!

And thanks for the post! I was hoping to decant an hour or so before we went to dinner, but I'm nervous about looking "odd" carrying a decanter of wine and the empty bottle to dinner! Perhaps speaking to our servers/the head server beforehand will set my mind at ease?

He is on the magic now. Just talk to the head server the night before. Maybe you could bring them the wine and they will have it ready for you when you want. Sean told us a story about someone who bought a very expensive bottle of wine that he decanted. It went bad within a half hour