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Tinanam0102 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Let the wine breathe
Hi teachers,
Would you please confirm if "let the wine breathe" is correct in English usage? If it does, what does it mean?
Thank you.
Tinanam
Would you please confirm if "let the wine breathe" is correct in English usage? If it does, what does it mean?
Thank you.
Tinanam
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Yes that is correct. Letting wine breathe, (or aerate), is maximizing the wine's exposure to the surrounding air. By allowing wine to mix and mingle with air, the wine will typically warm up and the wine's flavour will improve.
- Yes that is correct.
- Letting wine breathe, (or aerate), is maximizing the wine's exposure to the surrounding air.
- By allowing wine to mix and mingle with air, the wine will typically warm up and the wine's flavour will improve.
- This is normally done by opening the bottle and leaving it at room temperature for a while before serving it.
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Yes that is correct.
Letting wine breathe, (or aerate), is maximizing the wine's exposure to the surrounding air. By allowing wine to mix and mingle with air, the wine will typically warm up and the wine's flavour will improve.
This is normally done by opening the bottle and leaving it at room temperature for a while before serving it.
Letting wine breathe, (or aerate), is maximizing the wine's exposure to the surrounding air. By allowing wine to mix and mingle with air, the wine will typically warm up and the wine's flavour will improve.
This is normally done by opening the bottle and leaving it at room temperature for a while before serving it.
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Hi Louise T,
Thanks for helping me.
Since you say "aerate" I have a question that I asked and answered before but I think I didn't express very clearly so I will ask one more time. If you steam a shirt, and it's now hanging on a rack wet, waiting for it to dry out. Would you say this process "to aerate" and say "let the shirt breathe"?
Thanks again.
Tinan
Thanks for helping me.
Since you say "aerate" I have a question that I asked and answered before but I think I didn't express very clearly so I will ask one more time. If you steam a shirt, and it's now hanging on a rack wet, waiting for it to dry out. Would you say this process "to aerate" and say "let the shirt breathe"?
Thanks again.
Tinan
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Hello
The term "breath" is used in very particular ways. For example, people breath, wine breaths and we say that certain fabrics breath when they let air through them (such as cotton or linen).
We would not say a shirt was hung up to breath or to aerate. You would say it was hanging up to dry or to air.
The term "breath" is used in very particular ways. For example, people breath, wine breaths and we say that certain fabrics breath when they let air through them (such as cotton or linen).
We would not say a shirt was hung up to breath or to aerate. You would say it was hanging up to dry or to air.
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