Why are you supposed to let a bottle of wine “breathe” after opening it?

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Why are you supposed to let a bottle of wine “breathe” after opening it?

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Because the air reacts with the wine and makes it taste better. If you have a wine that needs to breathe and you drink 1 glass as soon as you open vs a few hours later you can really tell the difference. If you leave it for too long though, more than a day, it risks turning into vinegar.

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