World’s First Vacuum Decanter

Published on Tuesday, November 14, 2006, by The CHOW Editorial Team / Edit Post

Let your wine aerate in the decanter while you’re drinking it; then, when you’re ready to preserve it, suck the air out with the vacuum system. For the wine geek in the family.

World’s First Vacuum Decanter
Metrokane, $80

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  • Shame on Chow! Vacuum pumps are inherently flawed (you all know this).

    In order to completely remove the air from any container, preventing spoiling through oxidization, the container must be completely collapsed around the liquid. This eliminates space for the air that remains. This cannot be done with glass containers.

    The only way to preserve wine, for any appreciable amount of time (a few...+READ

    Shame on Chow! Vacuum pumps are inherently flawed (you all know this).

    In order to completely remove the air from any container, preventing spoiling through oxidization, the container must be completely collapsed around the liquid. This eliminates space for the air that remains. This cannot be done with glass containers.

    The only way to preserve wine, for any appreciable amount of time (a few days versus hours) after the bottle has been opened, is to separate the oxygen from the wine. The most frequently employed practice is to introduce an inert gas, heavier than ambient air, into the container. The intert gas sits on the surface and prevents spoilage buy separating the surface of the wine from the air.-COLLAPSE

  • Can't help thinking the decanted is poised to break.....