Invaluable Wine Gizmo
Over the years, I must have poured out a small fortune worth of wine. It has felt like the GNP of some small country jumping out of my pocket and doing the breast stroke right down the damn drain! Trust me, I don’t want to do it and I really truly feel awful when I have to say goodbye to any worthy varietal. All that time it took to grow the grape and make it into wine…and then gone..poof!
Here’s one scenario that could lead up to said tragedy: You get home from a long day of work and think to yourself, “boy I’d love a big robust glass of wine to help me wind down” … but just one glass. It’s a school night remember, and any more might have you picking cobwebs out of your head the next day… so you do what a lot of people do and cork the bottle with anticipation of finishing it off the next day. Well, next day comes and you forgot that you had to go to your niece’s school play after work and then go out to dinner with your sister. You have two Sapporos with sushi and call it a night. You get home, eye the bottle from across the room and promise that you’ll finish it off the next day. Well, that next day never comes and then the liquid eventually turns into paint thinner.
Folks, here’s what you can do to save both wine and money. Buy one of these: it’s called vacuvin and is a magnificent device that extracts the excess air out of the bottle. It helps preserve the wine a couple of days longer and lets you not feel pressured to consume the wine in two to three days. It’s cheap and something you simply can’t live without. Buy one today and start feeling better about not wasting wine.
“A conspriracy to by more wine?” I was asked when discussing this post with Stephen. Why isn’t this marketed better? Why doesn’t everyone know about it, except restaurants?
Thank you for bring this to our attention. It is a fabulous device for everyone.
It’s true, not everyone drinks a whole bottle everytime it is opened. Many times we open a bottle just to have a glass or two and then recork it, knowing we must finish it in the next day or two or it will be completely oxidized.
This great little device allows you to pump all the oxygen out of the bottle, so the remaining wine lasts much longer.
It is cheap and easy and actually kind of fun! Most retail wine shops sell it or you can purchase it online, http://www.winegizmo.com, under epivac for $10.95/each.
Comment by Jennifer — March 28, 2008 @ 11:44 pm
Thanks for bringing this device to my attention! There have been many times and occasions we’ve wanted to store leftover wine longer than 1 or 2 days, and the low cost of this gadget definitely makes it worth a try.
Comment by Sandie — March 31, 2008 @ 1:00 pm