Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator

Brand: Vinturi
Feature

Color: Red
* Hold aerator over glass and pour wine through for instant aeration
* Mixes proper amount of air in right amount of time. During manufacturing, the material folds around rods and wraps back resulting in two slightly visible fold lines. These lines extend up from each air hole and are normal.
* Easily and conveniently enhances flavor, bouquet, and finish of any wine
* Made of acrylic; no-drip stand and travel pouch included
* Measures 6 inches high and 2 inches wide; dishwasher-safe

Product Description
As wine breathes, it releases its intended aromas and flavors. Unlike time-consuming decanters, Vinturi’s simple gadget makes the aerating process easy and convenient. Simply hold it over a glass and pour the wine through, mixing the proper amount of air in the right amount of time. The result is a better bouquet, richer flavor, and smoother finish. Vinturi’s acrylic aerator stands six inches tall and two inches wide, is dishwasher-safe, and comes with a no-drip stand and travel pouch. During manufacturing, the material folds around rods and wraps back resulting in two slightly visible fold lines. These lines extend up from each air hole and are normal.

Wine needs to breathe to allow it to open up, release its intended aromas, and of course, make it taste better. Vinturi’s patent pending design speeds up this process by instantly aerating with ease and convenience. The perfect aeration in the time it takes to pour a glass of wine.

Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator Review
Saw this item advertised in a magazine just before the Christmas holidays and decided it would make a nice Christmas gift for my son-in-law and my husband (both avid red wine lovers). They were both suprised by the gift as well as full of praise for how well it performed. When we had the neighbors in for our holiday party, my husband was eager to demonstrate his new “toy”. All the red wine drinkers were quick to admit how much using this device added to the aroma and flavor of the wine and wanted to know where they could purchase one.

We were at Murrieta’s Well in Livermore California and I saw one of these and asked what it was. The server poured us one glass with and one glass of the same wine without. I had the glass with and my wife had the glass without. Immediately noticed the aroma was much more open. My wife said it made the wine taste like a bowl of fruit instead of wine. The next winery we got them to use it and same thing. Then Then when we got home we experimented more with one and I have to admit it makes a difference.

We purchased this for ourselves in December and for some wines that are closed it makes a nice difference. Our local wine store guru says he tries it on young wines that are highly rated but need more time – in some cases, lots more time – in the bottle and it makes them taste as luscious as they are bound to do sometime in the future, but we haven’t broken open one of our “keeping wines” yet. Obviously, it’s not going to make a $10 Rosemont Cab/Merlot blend taste like a Rubicon, but it does smooth out some of the harsher edges and open up the fruit. We take it with us to parties now because the slurping, sucking sound it makes as you pour through it is fun, AND it helps make everyday wines better!

I’ve been using this product daily for almost a year and it does what it’s supposed to. This review is to let you know that you will need to give it some care, though. It comes with a rubber stand, but if you use the aerator and just put it back in its stand, over time it will grow some nasty things in the wine drippings. So, you need to keep an eye on the stand and make sure you wash it and the aerator often. Also, mine has developed an apparently permanent red staining, too. If you rinse it out after each use, it cleans most of it off, but over time, and repeated use like mine gets, it takes on a dark red staining in some parts. Nothing I can do about, but I don’t use it for show. I have a design suggestion for the manufacturer: if you placed small, raised dots near the air intake holes, that would help. When I first grab it, my fingers often cover the holes. If I had some tactile clue where the holes were, I could easily move my fingers.

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