Lees and wine diamonds ... These items create a barrier between the wine sediment and your wine glass, leaving you with grit-free, wine-drinking bliss. There are also steps to take before you ...

First, a regular, still wine is made by fermenting the sugar in the grapes into alcohol. Then winemakers take this base wine ...

Sediment—dead yeast cells, grapeseeds, stems, pulp and tartrates (harmless tartaric acid crystals)—remaining in a barrel or tank during and after fermentation. Immediately following fermentation, wine ...

First, slow and careful decanting allows wine (particularly older wine) to separate from its sediment, which, if left mixed in with the wine, will impart a very noticeable bitter, astringent flavor.