We’re Drinking Wine Tonight!

Posted on October 8, 2013 Updated on October 8, 2013

Actually, we always drink red wine every night. Ever since I’ve convinced my girl of the benefits of indulging in a glass or two of this intoxicating sweet nectar of grapes, we decided to celebrate each well-enjoyed dinner by ending it with some red wine.

Problem is, if we only drink a glass every night, the leftover wine would just spoil if left alone in its bottle. Apparently, even if you close the bottle up airtight, the taste will deteriorate as long as there is air inside. The only way we can avoid the wine from spoiling is to drink it all… is what I suggested, but my girl wouldn’t approve. *shrug*

So I searched the Internet for solutions and bought these online:

*Uhh, yep that’s me. Well my hands anyway. My girl was recording the whole thing with my iPhone*

Behold, the VacuVin Wine Bottle Air Extractor Pump!! A handy, inexpensive, miniature pump that removes the oxygen from the bottle. The rubber stopper that came with it will then keep additional oxygen from entering the bottle. It’s supposed to keep your wine fresh for up to a week, although it doesn’t work with all wines.

Pumping wine air out of the bottle is fun. You don’t have to pump much. Just 10 or so pumps and you’ll hear this weird clunking sound that tells you the bottle is now oxygen-free and you’re done! The released “wine air” is intoxicating too.

Not only that, we also bought a Wine Aerating Pourer!! You just plug it into the bottle and then when you pour the wine, you can see and hear the bubbles mixing in with the wine. So that when you taste it, you’ll enjoy the enhanced flavor and bouquet of a perfectly aerated red wine… is what’s supposed to happen.

Either I’m just not cut out to be a wine connosieur or it didn’t work. I can’t really taste the difference. Or maybe, I should stop buying cheap red wines…