Midlife wrote:

> Happy Holidays to all!!
>
> I am the proud new owner of an unusual wine decanter, from Italy,
> called a Versovino. This is a device that you affix to the top of a
> wine bottle and it 'decants' 100ml of wine, in a two step motion, as
> you pour. It claims to approximate the aeration of normal decanting.
> Looks like something from a chemistry lab - wine flows into a round
> bulb (aerating around the edge as it moves) then you turn the device
> the other way and it empties through a short tube. It's clear glass,
> but may work in a way similar to pre-set volume pourers that are used
> in bars.
>
> If anyone is interested, I can provide a url to their site, but I'm
> mostly interested in thoughts about whether this is of any real
> value. There can't really be much aeration into and out of a sphere
> that is only maybe 2.5" in diameter.


I never heard of it before, but I just Googled versovino and looked at it. I
assume that it might work at least a little, but the obvious problem is that
you need to pour immediately after "decanting." So the wine doesn't get to
sit in the decanter for a while and breathe.

Given that, I don't see a whole lot of value that it could provide over just
pouring the wine into the glass. For $35 + $6.95 shipping. I'll pass.

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Ken Blake
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