Vacu Vin Stainless Steel Wine Saver Gift Set | 
| Brand: Vacu Vin
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $18.45
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Seller: QUINT GRAPHICS
Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 572
Color: Stainless steel/black
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 7 x 1.5
MPN: 06493
Model: 0649350
UPC: 084256064931
EAN: 0084256064931
ASIN: B000H8BEDC
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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Stainless steel vacuum pump, 2 reusable rubber stoppers, and 2 crystal-like pourers | | • | Extracts air from opened bottles to slow down the oxidation process and keep wine fresh for 7 to 10 days | | • | Ingenious ¿click¿ sound tells you when optimum vacuum level is reached | | • | Dishwasher safe | | • | Vacuum pump measures 5 by 3 inches |
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Product Description
You'll know your wine is preserved just by listening. With the sound of a simple click, the Vacu Vin stainless steel wine saver is a vacuum pump, which extracts the air from the opened bottle, clicks when you've reached optimum level and re-seals the wine bottle with a re-usable rubber stopper. The vacuum slows down the oxidation process so that you can enjoy your wine for days. Stainless steel. Includes vacuum pump, 2 re-usable rubber stoppers, and 2 pourers. Additonal stoppers available here. Fits any size or type wine bottle. Size: 5"H x 3"W
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 32
 Handsome and Practical December 27, 2007
Lynn Hoffman, author:The Short Course in Beer (Philadelphia)
43 out of 46 found this review helpful
This stainless version of the popular winesaver includes two non-drip pouring spouts. The stainless look is perhaps worth a few dollars more than the cost of the plastic models.
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.
Wine Saver, Money Saver August 29, 2007
Alan (West Lawn PA)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
As any wine drinker, be it red or white, knows, the worst thing that can happen to a bottle of wine opened at dinner, is to not be able to finish the bottle of wine at dinner.
I'm a novice drinker of wine, and sometimes can go through a bottle with my girlfriend in one night, other times, the wine just doesn't go down as well, and you want to save it for the next night. Previous attempts to recork the bottle, or buy a cheap $5 wine saver cork at Target were unsuccessful and only allowed me a day or two of storage in the fridge.
Then along came Vacu Vin. The giftset is a blessing in disguise, as not only does it come with Vacu Vin's pump and 2 stoppers, it also comes with 2 wine pourers, which eliminates my most hated part of the wine, trying to not leak wine all over the counter/floor when I was done with a glass's pour.
The vacu vin gives me about 5 days in the wine cooler before its time to either finish it, or pour it down the drain.
I give this 2 thumbs up , and highly recommend it to all wine drinkers.
Excellent Product for keeping Wine fresher... March 3, 2007
Q. Gessner
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
This product is well made and easy to use. The pump makes a "clicking" sound when the vacuum seal has reached it's maximum. I have found that you still have to refrigerate your wine for best results and that this product will not eliminate the need to keep your opened wine chilled.
This product will extend the life of your wine's, however not indefinitely. It is designed to extend the freshness of the wine, not prolong it forever!
For the money - this product delivers! Made well and built to last.
Great gift January 8, 2009
J. Ivanhoe (New Jersey, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Gave it to my husband and he really enjoys it. He likes how the pump clicks when it has pumped all the air out. Also, the wine pour spout is great - no more drops on your tablecloth.
Does what it's supposed to do. February 12, 2010
Ryan Tishken (Honoulu, HI)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I previously had another wine saver that pumped out the air, but you had to guess how many pumps and it didn't always hold a seal. This wine saver has solved both of those problems. You pump out the air until it clicks, so you know to stop pumping, and everytime so far it has held the seal as it should. It's nice when a product does what it says it does. No disappoint here, only smiles.
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