See under decanter.
Name (also wine cradle, wine decanter) for a technical device that is used for the very slow decanting or pouring of wine, especially for large-format bottles. This is intended to prevent the swirling of a deposit (deposits at the bottom of the bottle). The bottle is clamped into the machine with the opening diagonally upwards and the neck of the bottle is slowly and continuously moved downwards using a hand crank or...
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