vacu vin question

[Drew]

Foodie, all I can tell you is that my wife and I experimented with many bottles of wine. Some we left open, some we simply stuck the cork back in and the others we vacu-vined. The Vacu-vin bottles were always better than the corked ones, which were better than the open ones. BTW, Vacu-vining causes no disturbance to the wine. Now there are differences in vacu-vins. The one we use is made by Turning Leaf and was purchased at Turkes (sp?) leather goods as a gift to us. The seal always stays intact and we've experienced no leaking. We did try the ones that hang from the displays in the liquor stores but they almost always leaked in air. I had never thought of using one nor sought one out prior to receiving the one as a gift, so mass hysteria has nothing to do with it. Generally speaking though, our bottles are empty after day two but we've noticed the wine is fresher and livelier than if we simply re-corked.... I remain ignorant but happy.

Drew