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- mtm - 12-21-2005
I'm a novice w/wine & don't drink very much. My hubby loves it, & I've been considering a PEK Wine Preservation system so that he can enjoy better wines w/out feeling like he has to drink them all in such a short time, so that they don't 'spoil.' He does have a VacuVin basic thing. Do you believe this is good enough?
Here's more info on the Pek Preservers...
http://www.beveragefactory.com/wine/preservation/pek/index.shtml
which I heard about on TV.
One adjusts temp's for you & is more expensive. Not sure if either makes sense? Can one taste the argon gas inserted? Any opinions?
Secondly, in the category of 'splurge-y' gifts...I'm considering a Wine Essences Collection. Will be around a lot of family over the holidays (a fair number wine drinkers, unlike me) so thought giving something like this now might be more fun than just giving to dear hubby when no one around to share it with. :-) Altho' again, we ran across this at a vineyard & even I had a blast trying to figure out the aromas.
There are two sized kits. One just has 12 aromas & is under $70. The other is $110-130 & has 24 'essences'. Thought that would be more challenging but perhaps too difficult to even make use of?
Does anyone here have one of these?
Could really use your opinions since I know so little about wine products.
Thank you so much!! :-)
- Bucko - 12-21-2005
I hope I can help. I don't really find the commercial wine savers practical for home use. Buy him a case of Private Preserve, which will help keep hundreds of bottles fresh and is easy to use.
As far as the scents kit, go for the real thing if you are going to buy one. I used this kit to "study" for the California wine judges test many moons ago:
Le Nez du Vin Master Kit
Le Nez du Vin, The Faults of Wine Kit
Good luck on your search.
- mtm - 12-22-2005
Thanks so much!
May I ask...can you ever 'detect' the taste from the gas one injects into the wine? (to preserve it?) Somewhere I read someone saying they do taste the argon or other gas sometimes.
I wouldn't know of course. ;-)
Thanks for the lead on the aroma kit...
the one I came across is by franmara...
link here.
http://www.franmara.com/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Detail&ID=143
I don't know how they compare.
I saw it at a nearby winery...
but unfortunately they are now out of it for the holidays. May have to follow this idea more for his b-day in a couple of months than for Christmas. :-)
Thanks again!
- winoweenie - 12-22-2005
Hi mtm snd welcome to the board. There is no taste or smell to any of the 3 gasses used in Privste Preserve.(nitrogen, carbon dioxide and argon) Always some devils advocate on every subject,SHEESH! Go fer it!. WW