Comments on: Wine bottle vacuum sealer — will it work?

By: Captain Reality

Captain Reality — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:22:15 +0000

Vacuum sealers do work much better than corks or stoppers if you drain half the bottle, then seal it. That’s because with a cork or a stopper, you’ve trapped a whole lot of air, including oxygen, which oxidises the wine… that’s bad.

In my experience, a corked half-empty bottle of wine kept for a week will be rotten, but a vacuum sealed one will be fine.

Finally though, I wouldn’t waste money on this silly techno gadget. There are plenty of more convenient hand pumps available that are cheaper, more reliable, and easier to use.

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By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:04:33 +0000

@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.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:53:37 +0000

I never thought of looking at Sharper Image for something like this. Thanks for posting about it.

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Sellador al vacío de botellas de vinos, para no perder ni un trago en Nutrición — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:53:16 +0000

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By: EEJ

EEJ — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:42:54 +0000

First 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….