In many cases, aficionados decant wine or whiskey by tipping their bottles into a glass or crystal vessel of their choice.

In those days, wine-tasting trips were less about fancy ... to create a mash that eventually ferments and is distilled into whiskey. And it’s not like you can immediately reuse that growing ...

Amarone is a red wine from the northeastern part of Italy ... before aging for four years in bourbon and sherry casks. Then the whiskey was put into the Amarone casks for at least six years ...