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Claims Are True
The Vacuum Wine Saver works as advertised in that it develops a vacuum over wine left in the bottle which "keeps" the wine and pulls the included stopper more deeply into the bottle. This vacuum is well maintained until you push the crown of the stopper horizontally which easily releases the vacuum and allows the bottle to be reopened. The only problem is the hand pump supplied to develop the vacuum. Pumping it the required number of strokes to make the whole thing work properly requires a good grip and good hand, wrist, and arm strength. If you are an older individual (like me) and have significant and painful hand and wrist arthritis (also like me) you may not be able to pump to a sufficient vacuum. Otherwise I love it.
[Tuesday, January 06, 2009]
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good
It is better than putting a cork back in a bottle. It's so easy and so much cheaper than others on the market. It does require quite a few pulls till you hear the clicks but it doesn't require much effort.
I am sure if you are a wine conniseur doing more elabarate things may be better, but for a bottle of wine a week casual non expert like me it works quite well but I haven't tried it past a couple of days.
so if you want your bottle of wine to last a couple of days and you just take out a glass at a time this is perfect for you, well worth the little money it costs.
[Friday, December 12, 2008]
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a lot of hype a bit of hope and a little sucky
i have been using this for at least 3 years, but i don't really know why. I see it (or similar)used at places like Olive garden, and assume it must be done to preserve wine, but i don't really see the difference.
On new wines, especially whites, it seems to work(well at least as well as sticking the cork back in).
but on even slightly older reds (anything 4 years or older) it seems to make no difference at all. they are almost always oxidized by the next evening, and definitely by the following day.
If you can bare to refrigerate your wines, then that seems to aid the process, but I don't know. no mater how much air you get out, there is always some left in, going to work on your wine...
science says is should help, but reality shows it is barely worth it..
[Saturday, November 29, 2008]
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