Vicki Denig is a wine and travel journalist who divides her time between New York and Paris. She is a certified wine specialist who has worked in the wine trade since 2013.

If you're not a wine aficionado, you may be puzzled as to why, depending on the scenario, a restaurant sommelier or a dinner party host placed a glass vase ... you was a wine decanter.

At the end of the day, a decanter serves to introduce air into the wine and separate out unwanted sediment. You can actually achieve the exact same result by pouring the wine into any other glass ...

Wine decanter by Eto, $185-$195 (depending on finish). Set of six stemmed wine glasses by Estelle Colored Glass. Estelle Colored Glass is a luxury BIPOC owned brand by Stephanie Summerson Hall.