Vacu Vin Reviews: Vacu Vin 3-Piece Wine Saver Pump and Stopper, Whitegood

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List Price : $14.99 Price : $7.00

Amazon.com Review

Wine should breathe a little, but not overnight. Putting an end to the oxidation process, which turns a favorite Merlot into vinegar, is easy with the Vacu Vin Wine Saver. Made from high-quality rubber, which will not affect the taste of the wine, the Wine Saver uses a vacuum-style pump to release air to keep a wine fresh. And it's easy to use--just place a stopper in a bottle's neck, place the pump over the stopper, and pump air out until some resistance is felt. This process is suitable for preserving all but sparkling wines, and will save Chiantis, Syrahs, and others for up to two weeks. --Madeleine Miller

Reusable vacuum wine storage set ideal for all wine lovers
Keeps open wine fresh for two weeks
Correct usage puts an end to the oxidation process
Includes 1 sturdy plastic pump and 1 high-quality rubber stoppers
Hand washable; one-year warranty

Vacu Vin 3-Piece Wine Saver Pump and Stopper, White Reviews

125 of 130 people found the following review helpful

Enjoy the same bottle today and tomorrow., May 30, 2000

wcc2 (Washington DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vacu Vin 3-Piece Wine Saver Pump and Stopper, White (Kitchen)

Without the VacuVin a bottle of wine presentings a daunting undertaking - are we ready to drink 4-5 glass of wine right now? The VacuVin eliminates this problem by allowing you to remove the air from the bottle after you have opened it, which slows the oxidation which turns the wine sour.

You stick the rubber stopper snuggly into the bottle top, place the VacuVin on top and pump its handle 4-8 times (depending on how empty the bottle is). With each pump, the VacuVin sucks out more air though a narrow slit in the rubber stopper. You can feel the vacuum inside building as each pump takes more effort. The vacuum then holds the slit closed.

The beauty of this, is that it takes no time at all - maybe 15 seconds, tops. With the VacuVin, I've been able to enjoy the same bottle of wine for upwards of a week. One hint for a better vacuum seal, is to run the rubber stopper under water before using it - a little moisture helps achieve a better seal, especially when the rubber... Read more

338 of 369 people found the following review helpful

Slightly helps some wines, completely destroys others, November 2, 2000

Lisa Shea "medieval swordfighting enthusiast" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vacu Vin 3-Piece Wine Saver Pump and Stopper, White (Kitchen)

The main goal in keeping wine "leftovers" is to prevent the wine from aging between the time you open the bottle and when you finish the remaining wine. Air destroys wine, so you need to minimize the air contacat. You also have to keep the wine in the fridge during this time, because 55F is a 'normal aging temperature' and since the air is already aging the wine, you want to minimize *any* other degrading that might go on. Any temperature over 55F will simply make things worse.

The vacu-vin attempts to help by sucking the air out of a half-empty bottle of wine. Note that, instead of the few pumps their literature suggests, you need about 15 pumps to get most of the air out. For many wine types the fact that you are in essence lowering the pressure in the bottle pulls the 'liveliness' out of the wine, which ruins it.

I have done a series of tests for my website comparing both a red and white after 3 days, being stored under a variety of circumstances. The vacu-vin... Read more

466 of 514 people found the following review helpful

I used to love it, August 10, 2001

T. K. Schonhoff (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vacu Vin 3-Piece Wine Saver Pump and Stopper, White (Kitchen)

After using my Vacu Vin for a decade or so, I agree that it somewhat prolongs the life of a half-finished bottle of wine. However, I'm ashamed to admit that in all those years I never asked myself the first question that popped into the head of an engineer I know.

When he first saw me using the Vacu Vin he asked me what the gizmo was supposed to do. I told him that it vacuumed the air out of the bottle, removing most of the oxygen that otherwise quickly spoils the wine. After he stopped laughing he asked me a perfectly reasonable question. "Are you trying to tell me that this little plastic pump creates a vacuum in the bottle?"

Well, of course not I said, but it gets most of the air out. Again he laughed, and I started to wonder. Any scientist can tell you that creating a vacuum is no laughing matter - it takes serious horsepower. Human strength and plastic pumps only lower the air pressure a bit, leaving a lot of air behind: they simply cannot create a... Read more