Individual by-the-glass wine decanter - ????

Dec 27, 2005 4 Replies

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.

Another expensive and relatively useless oenotoy. :^(

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

Tom S

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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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Splendid, first pour a glass from the bottle, then put on that contraption and pour another one to compare. Tell us, please, whether you find any difference. Anders

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