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More wine snake oil
- Thread starter Lee Short
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Snake oil in what sense, Lee? It was the original entry (AFAIK) in the one-wine-per-day-at-low-cost sales model. Not my cuppa, but may beat trawling the aisles of TJ's lookin' for some 2BC? And, having not paid particularly close attention to it over the years, I can't say whether on any given day they might not be hawking Gravner's amphora wine or some such. At least their prose ain't nearly as purple as, e.g., Rimmerman's.
Mark Lipton
originally posted by MLipton:
Snake oil in what sense, Lee? It was the original entry (AFAIK) in the one-wine-per-day-at-low-cost sales model. Not my cuppa, but may beat trawling the aisles of TJ's lookin' for some 2BC? And, having not paid particularly close attention to it over the years, I can't say whether on any given day they might not be hawking Gravner's amphora wine or some such. At least their prose ain't nearly as purple as, e.g., Rimmerman's.
Mark Lipton
They had a magic science venturi aerator there when I posted.
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Exactly. No, thanks anyway.
Exactly. No, thanks anyway.
originally posted by Lee Short:
They had a magic science venturi aerator there when I posted.
Ah-ha. I wondered whether it might not have been what was listed that prompted your query. The Vinturi isn't total hooey IMO in the same way that, say, the Magic Clef or various magnetic devices are. From what I've seen, it just tries to maximize surface-to-volume ratio of wine to maximize oxygenation. I'm not convinced that it works any better than vigorously agitating wine in a decanter, but certainly looks more attractive.
Mark Lipton
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Dave Erickson
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Lee Short:
They had a magic science venturi aerator there when I posted.
Ah-ha. I wondered whether it might not have been what was listed that prompted your query. The Vinturi isn't total hooey IMO in the same way that, say, the Magic Clef or various magnetic devices are. From what I've seen, it just tries to maximize surface-to-volume ratio of wine to maximize oxygenation. I'm not convinced that it works any better than vigorously agitating wine in a decanter, but certainly looks more attractive.
Mark Lipton
I hate wine gimmicks and all those who sail under them, but the Vinturi gizmo is for real. The convincer was using it to aerate screwcapped Gruner Veltliners. Undeniable improvement.