Patent ID: 8757048

Claim:
A wine-drinking container for decanting and/or aerating wine comprising: a bowl with a bottom and an upper opening, the bowl being supported by a single stem and a base, and an aerating cell within the bowl having an upwardly facing hollow portion above the bottom of the bowl, the hollow portion having a plurality of openings therein, the cell having a free upper opening that is below and spaced inwardly from the bowl upper opening, the cell being supported on at least one leg extending above a bottom of the bowl, the aerating cell being located a distance above a bottom of the bowl sufficient to permit a desired volume of wine to flow therethrough and fall by gravity into the bottom of the bowl; wherein, while the bowl and cell are initially empty, the wine may be poured downwardly from above the bowl upper opening directly into the aerating cell and permitted to flow through the openings in upwardly facing hollow portion and fall by gravity into the bottom of the bowl to decant and/or aerate the wine.