| 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%)
New (25) from $7.45
Avg. Customer Rating:  110 reviews
Sales Rank: 143
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 2.8 x 1.4 x 5
MPN: V-20
Model: 98125
UPC: 084256001288
EAN: 0084256000182
ASIN: B00004SAF4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 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.
 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.
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.
Keeps wine fresh November 3, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm really happy with this product. I'm the only one in the house who drinks wine, so I always talk myself out of opening a bottle because I'm afraid it will go bad before I get a chance to drink it all. The wine saver really seems to work. Now I don't hesitate to open a bottle of wine, even if I only want half a glass. I wish I had bought it years ago.
preserving good wine August 23, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This little pump pumps the air out of an already opened bottle of wine so that it remains fresh. It's easy to use and keep clean, well worth the money.
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