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Individual by-the-glass wine decanter - ????
In article >, says...
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>Happy Holidays to all!!
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>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.
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>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.
If nothing else, it sounds like you've got a good "conversation starter." I've
never encountered one before, but I'll bet that your guests will all be abuzz,
when you press it into service. Let us know what you think of its use.
Hunt
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