5.0 out of 5 stars Successfully Aerates the Wine phew, the sales pitch on this page. ALL CAPS WE WANT YOU PLEEZ TO BUY MORE!! Down, boy. Also, is the picture showing a lady pouring a red wine into what looks like an oversized champagne flute?? you’d think they’d pick a red wine glass, but I suppose whatever they had handy at the photo shoot.Ok, here’s the deal. It comes in a little box with gray foam stuffing, two pieces. The main thingy is the plastic spout, which has a little rubber stopper-thingy that you put in the wine bottle. It probably stays attached to the bottle just fine, but I have trust issues, so I hold it ‘and’ the bottle (two hands) rather than pour it freehand like the brave lady in the pic. The other thingy is a little straw. It attaches to the bottom of the spout to let air in. Attach the straw, jam it in the bottle, and pour your aerated wine into your inappropriately-large glass.The idea here is that you can use this thing in place of letting the wine sit out for an hour or violently swishing it around in your glass (or buying one of those goofy-shaped glass ‘decanters’ that wouldn’t fit in your cabinet and would probably break anyway).It definitely ‘works’ as advertised, in that it aerates the wine. The wine swirls around and trickles out, and it’s all bubbly. As to whether it improves the flavor of the wine, well that depends. We tested with a Cabernet from Argentina. We set up two glasses each, one aerated and one not. My chardonnay-drinking girlfriend swears it didn’t make a bit of difference, but I’m a cab-lover, and I could definitely taste it. It mellowed out the hot notes on the wine and let the fruit flavors come through better. I’ve heard it varies based on wine, though. So, your mileage may vary depending on your wine selection and your taste buds.But it definitely works in aerating the wine. Any more air in that wine and it’d be foam. Give it a try and see what you think. I’m looking forward to using it again. 4 people found this helpful
