Comments on: Let’s Accessorize – Wine Gadgets

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:26:10 +0000

I’ve used many wine preservation systems throughout my restaurant career. I have to say the pressurized pump systems work the best. I’ve used the VacuVin, and they do work well for the money. But they gas driven methods seem to do the best job of preserving the wine.

By: Alexander Holdom

Alexander Holdom — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:55:51 +0000

Has anybody heard of an O-Pen. I have seen one. It consists of a glass tube about 9mm dia. Inside is a collection of about 10 tiny glass balls. It is used to oxidise red wine. Apparently if left in a bottle for 15 min. it is equal to 2 hours of breathing. It also reduces the acidity, but how can it? Has anyone heard of it, and where can you get one, and does it work?

Regards Alexander Holdom.

By: Brian Clark

Brian Clark — Fri, 27 May 2005 17:38:11 +0000

David,

I agree that the vaccum type system works great. I have used the VacuVin for years with much success.

Brian Clark

By: David Williams

David Williams — Wed, 25 May 2005 22:16:23 +0000

First, I like your program very much. I do mostly paperwork at my own business and I really enjoy listening to podcasts and wine is a major interest of mine.

Whenever wine preservation methods are brought up there is always talk of that can of gas which can’t work really good since there is no stopper on top until you cap it. Also there are these hand pumps that your guest referred to. There are OK. But I never see the cheapest, best solution mentioned–the FoodSaver by Tilia (no, I don’t work for them.) It comes with a special stopper (and more can be purchased); put in the stopper, hook it up, turn it on, and a vaccum is created in the bottle and the stopper is already in place. The proof of the vaccum is that the stopper is hard to remove and makes a solid pop when you open it.

The machine is available for a good price at Costco. We use it for every bottle we open and don’t finish. We’ve blindtasted wine saved with it and it definitely makes a differnce. I never see this product mentioned on wine forums or elsewhere and I don’t know why.

David
Carlsbad, CA

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 07 May 2005 14:00:29 +0000

Sorry – this is so late – I’ve been busy!

The accessory show was great, but I didn’t catch the name of the gadget that removes labels from wine bottles. Can you please provide a name, and perhaps location on-line where it can be urchased from?

By: Tom James

Tom James — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:13:31 +0000

Great Show, I loved hearing about all the crazy tools out there.

It always amazes me all the gadgets that are available. Hey, Hi-Times even sells enough gadgets to have a manager for the department.

I agree with Brian, the popper is a lot of fun.