The 5 Best Wine Preservers
Picture this. You’ve just come home from work, you’re tired and ready to relax with a glass of wine. But the only wine you have left is a bottle of Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon Mount Veeder 2015.
At over $100 a bottle, it would be a shame to uncork it for only one glass. Do you save it and deny yourself one of life’s simple pleasures, or uncork it and let some of the wine go to waste?
Here’s a third option:
Pour yourself a glass and save the rest of the bottle with one of the wine preserver systems on this list.
1. Coravin Model Two
The second iteration of one of the most popular wine preservation systems ever made. It’s also one of the most expensive wine preservers you can purchase, but it’s well worth the price according to thousands of satisfied customers.
Coravin is the indisputable market leader and uses argon gas to preserve the wine. A key mechanism, which Coravin pioneered, is pouring wine without ever removing the cork. It also has an attachment to fit screw-cap bottles.
Instead, it uses a Teflon-coated needle to pierce the cork and pour the wine without it coming into contact with the air. As the wine is poured out, the vacuum is replaced with argon gas.
The result is a wine that tastes as fresh as it did on the first pour weeks or even years later.
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2. Aervana Original
Marketed as a “luxury” wine aerator, this system is elegant enough to be equally at home at a family kitchen as a formal event.
It should be noted the Aervane is not specifically a wine preserver but rather an aerator. However, Aervana doesn’t pull air out of the bottle. Instead, it adds air into the bottle, helping to preserve the freshness and flavor of your wine.
The wine you pour is instantly oxidized as if it were decanted while the wine left in the bottle is preserved. You’ll find it works best with bold red wines, although you won’t get quite as much mileage out of a bottle as if you were using a proper preserver system. But it’s a great double-duty tool that will add a few days to your wine’s lifespan.
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3. Vacu Vin Wine Preservation System
Vacuum pumps to preserve wines are relatively common, and the Vacu Vin was the first wine saver of this kind. The term “preserving” in the context of wine means preventing undue oxidation. And the way to do that is to prevent the wine from coming into contact with oxygen.
The Vacu Vin system is a hand-powered device that extracts oxygen from an opened wine bottle and corks it with a rubber cork to not let air in. As a result, there’s less oxygen in the bottle, and your wine is preserved.
This classic wine preservation system is at a comfortable crossroads of price and effectiveness. But you should note it doesn’t work with sparkling wines.
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4. Private Preserve True 1026
If you’re looking for an affordable way to preserve your wine without a lot of hassle and preparation, look no further. The Private Preserve True 1026 is about as simple and straightforward as it gets.
Essentially, it’s a compressed gas blend in a can. When you’re done pouring wine, you simply spray some of the gas into the bottle and recork it. Private Preserve uses a blend of CO2, Argon, and Nitrogen that displaces the oxygen in the bottle and keeps the wine fresher longer. How’s that for a neat little science project?
It’s not meant to preserve wine for very long, but it should be long enough to let you finish a bottle. If nothing else, you can’t beat the price so it’s worth a try at least.
5. Nutrichef Electric Wine Aerator
Nutrichef’s systems is another wine aerator with aspirations of being a preserver. It’s similar to the Aervana, but with a much more functional design.
Much like the Aervana, it creates an airtight seal on the bottle after it’s opened and pushes air in instead of removing air from the bottle. It also acts as a pour spout by pressurizing the bottle.
The lovely thing about this system is the spout as much as the preservation properties. Being able to pour wine effortlessly is a huge benefit, especially with large bottles of wine that are difficult to handle.
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Wine Preserver FAQs
Still not quite clear about wine preservation? We’ve got you covered. Here are answers to some of the most common questions people have about wine preservers.
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Is the Coravin worth the money?
By and large, Coravin users are super satisfied with how well it works. The benefits of never uncorking the wine can’t be overstated when it comes to preserving wine for extended periods.
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Do wine savers really work?
Absolutely, even a modest proposition, such as the Private Preserve system, will extend the useful life of a bottle by a week or more after it’s uncorked.
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What is the best wine saver?
It all depends on what characteristics you need. If you’re looking for the easiest to use, an argon spray such as the Private Preserve is your best bet. If you want the best of the best and money is no object, Coravin’s system is as good as anything you can find on the market.
More Time to Savor The Flavor
Each of these wine preserver systems shines in its own way, but they’re all the best in their class. You just need to decide what combination of characteristics you need in a preserver.
The key to preserving wine’s flavor is minimizing its contact with air. So you can extend your wine’s lifespan with some simple practices as well, such as corking it as soon as you’re done pouring.
If you don’t need to preserve wines very long and you want some added convenience in pouring, the Aervana or Nutrichef systems are the most appropriate. Want to save a top-shelf bottle of wine? Splurge on the Coravin.
