What do you do when you open a good bottle of red and just cannot finish it? You want to preserve it of course, and now there is a new, inexpensive way to do it. The kind people at wine Shield recently sent me a sample and I, being a single drinker, wanted to give it a try.
The wine shield is an actual food-grade plastic disc that you insert in the bottle that covers the surface of the wine. They claim it will reduce oxidation for up to 5days and it can be used on red, white and rose wines. Here are the results of my experiment:
I decided to use a bottle of rich, full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon for my little experiment.
Villa Hermosa 2007 Napa Valley Cab Sauvingon
Day 1
dark purple alsmost opaque with a clear rim
nose: kinda funky with hay,anise, blueberry and other dark fruits
palate: tannins are strong, long linger of blueberry and cassis, rich and concentrated (great wine for $15)
Day 3
everything was the same. Not suprising as most wines can stand up 3 days with just a cork and refrigeration.
Day 5
On Day 5 I opened the same bottle of wine to contrast it with the wine that had been open.
wow, the two bottles are almost the same. Just as fresh (more of an herbal note than before), tannins about the same and similar richness on the palate.
**I would recommend the Wine Shield as an inexpensive way to make that open bottle last longer. Seems like an ideal alternative for a wine bar where they sell wines by the glass.**
Visit their website www.wineshield.com to learn how to purchase them and watch the video here to see how easy they are to use:
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1 comment:
Great post to share with very cool product! I had the opportunity to use it a while back and was honestly shocked at the great results. I had a few bottles given to me that had a noticeable poor structure and would take a nose dive in just a matter of 12 hours after opening. Other preserving products only slowed the bleeding. Wine Shield did an amazing job in keeping the wine very close to where it was when I first opened it. It is really simple and easy.
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