On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:12:32 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> Unlike years ago, most wines are filtered and sediment free. If you have no
>> sediment or just want it to breath, I'd do it at the recipient's home and
>> pour from the decanter at the table.
>>
>> If there is sediment, I'd do it the day of the meal. Travelling with the
>> bottle would shake it up too much.
>
>Either that, or decant through a coffee filter.
>Those work just fine for removing sediment.

If wine needs decanting and filtering to make it drinkable then it
wasn't worth more than $2/liter to begin with... just keep in mind
that when you toss that empty bottle into the trash you disposed of
that wine's best part.