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Vacu Vin 3-Piece Wine Saver Gift Pack, White

Vacu Vin 3-Piece Wine Saver Gift Pack, White

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Brand: Vacu Vin
Category: Kitchen

List Price: $14.99
Buy New: $7.45
You Save: $7.54 (50%)



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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 102 reviews
Sales Rank: 374

Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 2.8 x 1.4 x 5

MPN: V-20
Model: 98125
UPC: 084256000182
EAN: 0084256000182
ASIN: B00004SAF4

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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5 out of 5 stars WINE SAVER   March 11, 2008
This is a great product for conserving the wine you didn't finish. Its easy to use, and very effective.


5 out of 5 stars Works Great, Without Making Long Bottles Longer   February 24, 2008
I realize that a 100% complete vacumn is not achived. However, it does remove excess air (try it on a plastic soda bottle; it sucks the bottle inward). Most importantly for me, my bottles don't have to have the cork pounded in so deep it is very difficult to take them out again. The reusable bottle stopper only adds a few milimeters to the length of the bottle. And, it is SO much easier to open and reclose bottles. Well worth the money!


4 out of 5 stars Wine Stopper Tool   February 8, 2008
The tool works as advertised, unfortunately we never leave an open bottle of wine around long enough to tell whether or not the tool actually keeps it fresh.


5 out of 5 stars Save the wine   January 15, 2008
I have used this outfit for years and it works wonderfully well. If you buy the big 1.5 liter bottles of wine, you will save money and can keep it fresh with this item. Simple and effective. Takes a little pump, pump, pumping, but you can use the exercise. Hint: if you rub a tiny bit of oil (like canola, or some other light oil) inside the pump on occasion, it will work much smoother.


5 out of 5 stars It's a bargain   December 27, 2007
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful



Looking at the reviews of this an other Vacuvin products, you see reports that are deeply contradictory. It's interesting that there is such a divergence of experience with such a simple product. The ideas behind Vacuvin are pretty simple.
First, air is the enemy of an open bottle of wine. Bacteria in the air want to turn alcohol into vinegar. The air itself oxidizes and dulls the taste of all but the most robust wines.
Second, you can remove some of the air with a simple pump and thereby slow down the rate at which wine deteriorates.

Why then, do we have both no-star and five-star reactions to this product?
Maybe the biggest source of disagreement is expectations. Vacuvin slows the deterioration of wine in the bottle, but it doesn't stop it.

Another possible reason for all the disagreement might be a question of temperature. The biochemical reactions that kill your wine are temperature sensitive. They proceed faster when the wine is warm and slow down when it's cool. Putting a pumped-out bottle in the refrigerator or wine cooler will slow down the spoilage processes and make Vacuvin more effective.
A third issue is the way the wine is handled before the Vacuvin plug goes in. If wine has a lot of air dissolved in it by being poured from decanter to bottle, there's no system that will keep it fresh.

For more info on wine storage, check out my book, New Short Course in Wine,The

--Lynn Hoffman, author of New Short Course in Wine,The and bang BANG: A Novel from Kunati Books.

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