Wine bottle vacuum sealer — will it work?
June 17th, 2007 by Mike in Drinking Gadgets
The Wine Bottle Vacuum Seal will supposedly help you enjoy your many bottles of fine wine, which I know you have, a little more. How exactly? Well, by vacuum sealing the bottle to prevent flavor loss. I thought it was rather obvious. Of course, you won’t be finding out if this thing actually works until you buy it. Then you’re stuck with it.
Fortunately for you, that isn’t the case this time, as I did it for you by buying this $35 gadget for my Dad (it is Father’s Day after all). He hasn’t had a chance to use it quite yet, but I’ll tell you a little more about it.
When you place the pump on your bottle it will automatically seal and tell you when it’s complete. There’s also a thermometer for the wine and some recommendations for what temperature is best for your fine bottle of wine. While it doesn’t look terribly big in the picture, it is. Not obnoxiously big, but bigger than your average wine sealer (or cork.) I’ll post some pictures of it actually on a bottle later. One last point, you’ll need 2AA batteries which aren’t included.
So, what do you think? Will this gadget actually work as advertised or will it be a complete waste of $35, which isn’t important to me, as it’s the thought that counts! I’m hoping that it works though, just so I know my thoughtfulness was well worth it, but I wouldn’t be too surprised if it was a little finicky.
I’ll update this post or create a new one with the results. Try to contain your excitement.
5 Comments on “Wine bottle vacuum sealer — will it work?”
EEJ Says:
June 18th, 2007 at 6:42 amFirst off, I haven’t used this exact model, but I bought a manual vacuum pump for my uncle last year, and he says it works great at keeping the unused wine fresh for a few extra days.
That being said, Consumer Reports recently had an article about wine, and stated that in their blind taste tests, their testers could rarely tell the difference from wine that was just opened and wine that was opened and then corked for a week or so.
Lastly, if any of you aren’t finishing your bottles of wine when they are opened, you deserve to be punished with a $35 fine….
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Tammy Says:
June 18th, 2007 at 2:53 pmI never thought of looking at Sharper Image for something like this. Thanks for posting about it.
Mike Says:
June 19th, 2007 at 8:04 am@Tammy:
If you’ve got a store near you, go check it out, they’ve got all sorts of random things you wouldn’t expect a) existed or b ) to be sold there.
@EEJ:
Eh, it’s the thought that counts! If my Dad thinks he’s getting a better bottle of wine then it’s worth it.
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