A drinking container for decanting, filtering, mixing and/or aerating a
beverage. The drinking container comprises a bowl having an upper opening
and an aerating cell having a wall, an upper opening along the top of the
cell and a plurality of openings or perforations through the wall. The
cup-shaped cell has an upwardly facing hollow or concave configuration,
optionally with a central upwardly extending protrusion, and is attached
to and within the bowl, to decant, filter, mix and/or aerate a beverage
that is poured through the bowl upper opening and into the cell upper
opening, and subsequently flows through the at least one perforation into
the bowl. Preferably, the drinking container is a wine glass having a
base and stem supporting the bowl and the beverage is wine.