| nancree |
I love a new (to me) gadget that a neighbor recommended. You can pump
the air out of an opened bottle of wine, producing a vacuum--and the
wine then keeps quite well for a few days (in the fridge). I got mine
at a liquor/wine store. It consists of a white plastic pump, and a
special rubber plug. You pump it up and down, and as it becomes
increasingly hard to pump, you know there is some degree of a vacuum,
then you store in the fridge. It really works well. Ask about it at
your wine shop.
I recommend it.
Cheers, Nancree
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| dwacon |
"nancree" <nancree@aol.com> wrote in message
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>I love a new (to me) gadget that a neighbor recommended. You can pump
> the air out of an opened bottle of wine, producing a vacuum--and the
> wine then keeps quite well for a few days (in the fridge).
Makes sense, but I think that another device pumps in Nitrogen which
supposedly keeps the wine fresh at room tempaerature.
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| Nathalie Chiva |
On 1 Jul 2005 00:24:43 -0700, "nancree" <nancree@aol.com> wrote:
>I love a new (to me) gadget that a neighbor recommended. You can pump
>the air out of an opened bottle of wine, producing a vacuum--and the
>wine then keeps quite well for a few days (in the fridge). I got mine
>at a liquor/wine store. It consists of a white plastic pump, and a
>special rubber plug. You pump it up and down, and as it becomes
>increasingly hard to pump, you know there is some degree of a vacuum,
>then you store in the fridge. It really works well. Ask about it at
>your wine shop.
> I recommend it.
I've had one for 14 years (actually, I'm on my third), those vacuum
pumps are great. The brand I have is Vacuvin. And you don't *have* to
keep the wine in the fridge (which is murder for a good red wine).
Nathalie in Switzerland
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| Peter Aitken |
"nancree" <nancree@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1120202683.223085.295410@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>I love a new (to me) gadget that a neighbor recommended. You can pump
> the air out of an opened bottle of wine, producing a vacuum--and the
> wine then keeps quite well for a few days (in the fridge). I got mine
> at a liquor/wine store. It consists of a white plastic pump, and a
> special rubber plug. You pump it up and down, and as it becomes
> increasingly hard to pump, you know there is some degree of a vacuum,
> then you store in the fridge. It really works well. Ask about it at
> your wine shop.
> I recommend it.
> Cheers, Nancree
Several of the wine mags tested that device and could not detect any effect
of using it.
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Peter Aitken
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| A.C. |
nancree wrote:
> I love a new (to me) gadget that a neighbor recommended. You can pump
> the air out of an opened bottle of wine, producing a vacuum--and the
> wine then keeps quite well for a few days (in the fridge). I got mine
> at a liquor/wine store. It consists of a white plastic pump, and a
> special rubber plug. You pump it up and down, and as it becomes
> increasingly hard to pump, you know there is some degree of a vacuum,
> then you store in the fridge. It really works well. Ask about it at
> your wine shop.
> I recommend it.
i use a similar vacuum device with wine whereby i take the wine bottle, put it
to my lips and suck until all of the wine is gone! :P
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| Dee Randall |
"Nathalie Chiva" <Nathalie.Chiva.invalid@netcourrier.com.invalid> wrote in
message news:5gt9c1pguj82gdk9o0b3cdfo8f0k8fcguv@4ax.com...
> On 1 Jul 2005 00:24:43 -0700, "nancree" <nancree@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>I love a new (to me) gadget that a neighbor recommended. You can pump
>>the air out of an opened bottle of wine, producing a vacuum--and the
>>wine then keeps quite well for a few days (in the fridge). I got mine
>>at a liquor/wine store. It consists of a white plastic pump, and a
>>special rubber plug. You pump it up and down, and as it becomes
>>increasingly hard to pump, you know there is some degree of a vacuum,
>>then you store in the fridge. It really works well. Ask about it at
>>your wine shop.
>> I recommend it.
>
> I've had one for 14 years (actually, I'm on my third), those vacuum
> pumps are great. The brand I have is Vacuvin. And you don't *have* to
> keep the wine in the fridge (which is murder for a good red wine).
>
> Nathalie in Switzerland
Hello, Nathalie, I buy red wine in the 1.5 liter bottle (because of cost
mainly, but availability, too) and we drink some, pump it and put it back in
the frig. Before a meal, I usually take it out of the frig about 1-2 hours
before so as to warm it up. (I know one will say that the temperature
fluctuation alone will destroy the wine.) But, are you saying that I could
leave this pumped bottle out on the counter until the next day without a
major problem in taste or destruction vs. the frig & warm-up?
Thanks.
Dee
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| Shaun aRe |
"nancree" <nancree@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1120202683.223085.295410@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> I love a new (to me) gadget that a neighbor recommended. You can pump
> the air out of an opened bottle of wine, producing a vacuum--and the
> wine then keeps quite well for a few days (in the fridge). I got mine
> at a liquor/wine store. It consists of a white plastic pump, and a
> special rubber plug. You pump it up and down, and as it becomes
> increasingly hard to pump, you know there is some degree of a vacuum,
> then you store in the fridge. It really works well. Ask about it at
> your wine shop.
> I recommend it.
> Cheers, Nancree
'Vacu-Vin' perchance? Those are the ones I've been familiar with. First I
saw of them was quite some time ago, when I worked in a busy, busy bar (one
of the Weatherspoons small chain here in the UK) - they used them all the
time, even between pourings, and their wine was always the best kept of any
standard bar I'd been to.
Mum got some too, since she likes 'the odd glass', and so can have an open
bottle for weeks at times heheheh... They do the job well alright. Myself, I
have no need of one, since an open bottle is lucky to last hours, and never
until the day after even.
Cheers! <Hic!>
Shaun aRe
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| Shaun aRe |
"A.C." <email@address.com> wrote in message
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> nancree wrote:
>
> > I love a new (to me) gadget that a neighbor recommended. You can pump
> > the air out of an opened bottle of wine, producing a vacuum--and the
> > wine then keeps quite well for a few days (in the fridge). I got mine
> > at a liquor/wine store. It consists of a white plastic pump, and a
> > special rubber plug. You pump it up and down, and as it becomes
> > increasingly hard to pump, you know there is some degree of a vacuum,
> > then you store in the fridge. It really works well. Ask about it at
> > your wine shop.
> > I recommend it.
>
>
> i use a similar vacuum device with wine whereby i take the wine bottle,
put it
> to my lips and suck until all of the wine is gone! :P
YAY!!!! Someone after my own heart (you can't have it!) Heheheheheh...
',;~}~
Shaun aRe
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| Nathalie Chiva |
On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 09:12:17 -0400, "Dee Randall"
<deedovey@shentel.net> wrote:
>Hello, Nathalie, I buy red wine in the 1.5 liter bottle (because of cost
>mainly, but availability, too) and we drink some, pump it and put it back in
>the frig. Before a meal, I usually take it out of the frig about 1-2 hours
>before so as to warm it up. (I know one will say that the temperature
>fluctuation alone will destroy the wine.) But, are you saying that I could
>leave this pumped bottle out on the counter until the next day without a
>major problem in taste or destruction vs. the frig & warm-up?
>Thanks.
>Dee
>
Absolutely - that's what I do. The only time I do put red wine in the
fridge is when outside temps are really hot (like the 30°C we had here
last week), and then I, like you, take it out of the fridge half an
hour before drinking (1 hour is too much when it's so hot!).
Nathalie in Switzerland
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| Jim Davis |
Well here's what I do and it works just fine. I have one of those
'vacuum-sealers' for food storage and it has a couple of bottle stoppers
that come with it you can use for wine bottles or whatever. Just pop
one in, vacuum out all the air and it is sealed. Keeps great.
Nathalie Chiva wrote:
>On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 09:12:17 -0400, "Dee Randall"
><deedovey@shentel.net> wrote:
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>
>>Hello, Nathalie, I buy red wine in the 1.5 liter bottle (because of cost
>>mainly, but availability, too) and we drink some, pump it and put it back in
>>the frig. Before a meal, I usually take it out of the frig about 1-2 hours
>>before so as to warm it up. (I know one will say that the temperature
>>fluctuation alone will destroy the wine.) But, are you saying that I could
>>leave this pumped bottle out on the counter until the next day without a
>>major problem in taste or destruction vs. the frig & warm-up?
>>Thanks.
>>Dee
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>Absolutely - that's what I do. The only time I do put red wine in the
>fridge is when outside temps are really hot (like the 30°C we had here
>last week), and then I, like you, take it out of the fridge half an
>hour before drinking (1 hour is too much when it's so hot!).
>
>Nathalie in Switzerland
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