Apparently today is my lucky day as two new products have shown up, both which I needed. Let’s start with the one that lets me get drunk while preserving the quality of my wine. I am a middle of the road wine snob. I know just enough to look smart, unless you’re a real wine snob, in which case I am probably a moron.

My current wine preference is a Russian River Valley Pinot, but otherwise I prefer a Barossa Valley Australian Shiraz or just about anything in a California Cab. Only problem is the Pinot and Cabs from California are usually 30 bucks a bottle for a decent one and my wife doesn’t drink. I am sure that sounds great to some but if I don’t finish it, I waste the bottom of the bottle if I am a little too tipsy or too tired to properly get the air out. In a $30 bottle, I just blew $5-10. That adds up.

Meet the Coravin System which allows you to leave the cork intact (did I leave out lost bottles of wine to dry corks?) by using a needle that lets the wine flow and keeps the oxygen out, even with multiple bottles!

To be exact, here is what they say about the Coravin System: The Coravin 1000 System allows you to access and enjoy your fine wines by the glass whenever you like, without pulling the cork. The Coravin 1000 is elegantly packaged in a gift box that can be used for storing or transporting your Coravin. Because federal regulations strictly prohibit air travel with pressurized capsules we also offer a Flight Ready Coravin 1000 that contains no Coravin Capsules.



This product does not come cheap at $299.00 so I will need to justify it by drinking roughly 30 bottles of wine.

Challenge accepted!