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| Vacuum Wine Saver, Extra Stoppers 10 Pkg., 10/PK |  | Brand: Vacu Vin
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: $16.45
as of 9/10/2010 14:25 CDT details
New (7) from $16.45
Seller: Grove Winery
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 29,171
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
MPN: 0881050
Model: 0881050
UPC: 084256881057
EAN: 0084256881057
ASIN: B000S0A3MC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | The Wine Saver works by pumping the air out of open bottles of wine | | • | Prevents oxidation from destroying the wine's taste and aroma | | • | Keeps your wine in perfect condition until that last drop | | • | Allows a shelf life of up to 14 days |
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Product Description
The Wine Saver works by pumping the air out of open bottles of wine, preventing oxidation from destroying the wine's taste and aroma, keeping your wine in perfect condition until that last drop. Allows a shelf life of up to 14 days.
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| Customer Reviews:
 use these for any bottle December 27, 2007
Lynn Hoffman, author:The Short Course in Beer (Philadelphia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
These extra stoppers are for any bottle whose contents would benefit from reduced oxidation. Use them for juice, ice tea, sauces, ecc.
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.
worth having December 2, 2008
Stephen S. Smith (Palo Alto, CA)
Every wine drinker should have a vacuvan and order extras of these stoppers. You need more than come with the initial kit and you will lose them over time.
Get it November 19, 2007
S. Aldridge (Savannah, GA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Have the older version pump but had only two stoppers. Had to get a new version pump to use these stoppers but if you have several open bottles around, this is the solution. New version makes a sound when sufficient vacuum is attained. Not sure that is a great improvement but package of ten is worth the upgrade even though it requires purchase of the new pump. Perfect combination would be pump and ten, not the piddling two stoppers which is available
 vacu vin stoppers May 14, 2010
Madelyn K. Tucker
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We have used vacu vin for several years and have always been pleased but the new type stoppers are not as efficient as the old ones for keeping wine fresh. They seem to loose suction.
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