This gadget keeps opened wine fresh for months and is 40% off during Black Friday
Needs one gift for a wine drinker? The Coravin is a no-brainer because it keeps bottles of opened wine fresh and drinkable for months, even years, and all models are on sale for low Black Friday prices. There’s a reason why this is the best gadget for wine professionals and seasoned drinkers around the world.
There are now three major competitively priced models available. With the Coravin Timeless you can taste wine without opening it with a needle. Those models are up to 40% off on Amazon. The Coravin Pivot repressurizes open wine with argon gas, so you can open and store three or four bottles at a time (or as many as you have the Coravin corks).
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Why do wine professionals love Coravin?
It doesn’t matter what quality of wine you start with, an opened bottle will only last a few days before it starts to taste stale or tired. Neither Burgundy nor Barefoot can withstand the rotting power of oxygen. It is true that one is much sadder to pour out than the other, but it is wasteful either way.
That’s where one Coravin comes in handy. A Coravin is a device that inserts a needle into the cork of a bottle of wine, allowing you to remove a glass or other small amount without exposing the wine to excess oxygen. Taking out a glass without removing the cork means you have much longer (weeks or even months) to finish a bottle, with less risk of pouring some of it out because life got in the way finish the bottle efficiently.
A Coravin is not a cheap device. The entry-level model starts at $149. But I would say it is extremely useful for all types of wine lovers. Several at the moment Coravin systems are available for purchase — up to 50% off select packages for Black Friday. And it makes a great gift whether the wine lover in your life is a novice sommelier, or just starting out on the fermented grape juice path.
How does a Coravin work?
With a Coravin you can pour wine from a bottle without oxygen entering.
A Coravin seamlessly inserts a hollow needle through the cork and sucks out the liquid with the push of a lever. Built into the Coravin mechanism is a capsule of inert argon gas, which repressurizes the bottle and even eliminates a microdose of oxygen from the vacated space in the bottle. The hole left in the cork after the Coravin has worked its magic is microscopic and there is no risk of spillage if the wine is left on its side. Although a small amount of oxygen can still enter the bottle through the small hole, the rate at which the wine ages is much slower.
Coravin also offers solutions for screw cap bottles and sparkling wine.
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Admittedly, even as a sommelier I was given a Coravin and didn’t put it to use right away. Not because I’ve never had a meaningful opportunity to use it: there are numerous wine situations in which a Coravin is extremely useful, outlined below. More so because I was operating under the misguided assumption that setting it up would be a complicated process. (I had the same assumption with a crème brûlée burner; apparently they are gas capsules which makes me think it requires an Ikea-level assembly.) Newsflash: it was up and running in about 30 seconds.
A Coravin is not just for wine collectors
Using this high-tech gadget couldn’t be easier.
Most people think this is where the Coravin’s usefulness ends; that they need a serious wine collection to justify having one, and they would be wrong. Those who have a large collection of world-class wines can benefit from having a Coravin, just as wine bars or restaurants can justify having a deep selection from which they can offer pours by the glass from exemplary producers, regions or vintages. With a Coravin, you can taste a bottle to see its age, or even determine if the bottle is suitable for a particular meal.
But even if your “wine collection” consists of a dozen motley bottles mostly donated or left over from parties, or if you rarely have more than one or two bottles on hand at a time, you may find one or more justifications below that describe your relationship with wine, and makes having a Coravin meaningful. Plus, it’s fun and people are often a little dazzled when they see it in action.
For individual or split households
If you use wine primarily for cooking, you may not go through the bottles before they start to sour.
A standard bottle of wine fits approximately four to five glasses, depending on the generosity of the pour. (By the way, when it comes to tracking someone’s alcohol consumption, you can’t pour half the bottle into a tall glass and call it one serving.) As a family of one, I find myself in this situation all the time: I want to open a bottle at home to have a few drinks, and then realize that my schedule won’t allow me to revisit it until too many days have passed.
Or maybe you cook something one night that calls for red, and the next day you’re craving chilled white. Not to mention the occasional recipe that calls for a splash of wine, leaving the rest of the bottle untouched if you’re not drinking that evening. I have sometimes left a bottle in the fridge that will last a day or two and then opened a new bottle.
How often do you find yourself throwing away leftover wine? Once a month? Even if your bottle preferences are above $20, an entry-level Coravin will justify the cost after just 15 bottles if you routinely pour out half the bottle. If your wine preferences are even slightly more expensive, it will pay for itself in much less than a year.
A household of even two people makes it relatively easy to finish a bottle of wine, but if one of you is a non-drinker, or if your wine tastes generally differ, this could apply to you too.
To consume less alcohol
Drink one glass, or even half a glass, without the stress of spoiling the entire bottle.
How many times have you drunk more than you would like at home because the bottle was already open and the wine doesn’t keep that long, so…
A Reddit thread outlines a surprising benefit of owning a Coravin, which actually drinks less. With conscious alcohol consumption on the rise, several commentators noted how they thought they would use the Coravin for occasional tastings from various prestigious bottles, but what it was mainly good for was extending the life of a single bottle, of which the contents could be drunk. for a week or two, which helps slow down their personal consumption.
If not every night is a wine drinking night, or if you want to limit your consumption to less than a glass, just for dinner, or to relax before bed, a Coravin is a perfect way to make that bottle of wine much more enjoyable. let it become. more servings than just the standard five or six. As a wine instructor, I drink wine outside several times a week for work reasons. Sometimes I don’t feel like drinking at home, but nothing goes better with food than wine, and half a glass is sufficient for most types of dinners that are enjoyed on the couch rather than at the table.
For wine research
Go ahead, uncork a few bottles at a time and don’t worry about losing any.
My first visit to the Coravin was a unique situation because of my experience as a wine writer. I had to taste about six bottles of Chardonnay, and had only given myself that night to accomplish it. Even with a Chardonnay-loving friend there to join in, there was no way we were going to make a significant dent in half a case of wine in one sitting.
So the Coravin was unpacked and I was immediately hooked. It was easy, it was eye-opening, and it prevented an accidental binge during the week.
You don’t have to take a wine writing assignment to discover that this situation could apply to you. If you want to have the kind of comparative tasting described above just for fun, if you are a member of a wine club and have a friend over to taste some new bottles, if you are studying wine and learning to taste it blindly, or if If you actually want to pair different wines with different elements of a meal you’ve made at home, a Coravin will allow you to open several bottles at once without the risk of wasting juice.
