If there’s one thing about getting a bottle of wine, it’s that you will never know how good the contents really is until you’ve popped the cork and started going at it. This usually signifies the point of no return – considering most oenophiles won’t leave a bottle of opened wine standing for any more than a couple of hours. Then again, maybe you just can’t stand the curiosity boiling up inside as you wait for wines to mature in your cellar. Heck, you’ve got to know for sure if they make the cut for that special occasion you’ve been hoarding them for… unless you bought a crate and have the luxury of testing a bottle or two.
For those of you who simply can’t stand the suspense, the Coravin 1000 system presents a solution. Chill out, it’s not a big futuristic robot as the name would suggest, more so a simple device that allows you siphon out just enough wine to placate the curious cat in you – without totally deflowering an otherwise virgin bottle.
We’re sure mosquitoes inspired this…
Let’s find out if the forbidden fruit is really as sweet as they claim.
The system achieves this stealthy feat by inserting a thin needle through the centre of a cork (no it does not work with screw on caps), and injecting argon gas into the bottle to force out a wee bit of contents. The hole left is small enough for the cork to reseal itself, and the argon pumped in will prevent the wine from spoiling without affecting the contents.
This nifty contraption costs about US$299, and you’ll need to top up your argon cartridge for the device (US$9.95) every 15-20 ‘sessions’. Oh, and kids, if you’re reading this, it’s not all that easy to pilfer off daddy’s stash, he’ll find out sooner or later, and it’s not going to be funny when he does… especially when he realises you’ve been costing him a small fortune in argon cartridges as well.
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