Good old fashioned beef stew with dumplings, boiled Charlotte potatoes, Chantenay carrots, brocolli and peas, washed down with a 2007 Californian Cabernet Sauvignon of modest pretensions.

Decanting wine, because of the larger surface area the wine is exposed to, permits a shorter breathing time for the wine. If the wine is a particularly good vintage, I will allow an hour sometimes two for the wine to breath en boutille.

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