"Midlife" > wrote in message
...
> 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.

Another expensive and relatively useless oenotoy. :^(

Spend your $$/??/££ on good wine and stemware instead. :^)

Tom S
www.chateauburbank.com