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Just curious if anyone here uses a Coravin? I received one as a gift and I have been using it frequently for a variety of purposes. It allows me to pour a glass of wine without opening the bottle and get multiple days if no t weeks out of the remainder of the bottle if I only feel like a glass. I also use it to take a small sample for food matching purposes and if it's d oesn't work I put it back in the cellar with no ill effects. It also allow s me to try a wine before dinner to see if a wine is in good shape if I'm h aving guests. Not trying to sell the device just wondering how many use on e.

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Bi!!
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I've certainly heard a lot about them, not least of which was about the fear that they could be used for fraudulent purposes. I wouldn't mind having one :)

Mark Lipton

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Mark Lipton

They do leave a needle sized hole in the foil and cork (the cork self seals ) but they are great for checking on the state of a bottle especially befor e a dinner where you can taste the wine without needing to open the bottle. If it isn't what you wanted you can still keep the bottle unopened indefi nitely. I use it to pour a glass then set it aside and finish it another ti me. I have tested this a number of times (unscientifically) and haven't see n any fall off in the wine.

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Bi!!

I don't use it myself (we tend to empty an open bottle) but I have friends who do, and they are raving about it. Comparative tastings (horizontal/vertical/…), bottle check, etc. One of them (a winemaker) says he cannot find a difference between a freshly opened bottle and one that has been Coravin-ed two years ago.

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Eric Lafontaine

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