ArT Wine Preservation

ArT Wine Preservation

Rating:

4.5
Average: 4.5 (1 vote)

Description:

I first discovered ArT Wine Preserver while looking for a way to preserve the open bottles left over from holiday dinners. I would end up opening 3 - 5 bottles to pair with meal choices & guest preferences, but never finish all of the wines we opened. After reading many reviews of the products on the market, I discovered that they were either very cost prohibitive to the average consumer or the reviews talked about how the aromas are severally muted by the process. The ArT Wine Preservation uses the same type of technique as the more expensive systems, making use of Argon gas.

It is very easy to use, once you have finished your wine drinking for the evening, you follow this super simple process:

  1. Insert the nozzle of ArT Wine Preservation into the opening of the bottle.
  2. Squeeze the trigger for one to two seconds. For extra large bottles, add a second dose.
  3. Cork the bottle and store it upright in a cool dark place. For best results, re-use the original cork or the provided snug fit stopper.
  4. Re-apply the product each time the bottle is opened.

Before I could recommend this product, I had to prove to myself that the system worked. I had opened many bottles over the Thanksgiving holiday, took a few tasting notes, added the ArT Wine Preservation spray and re-corked them.

About a week later, I re-opened the remaining bottles wine and found that they were in fact as delicious as when I first popped the cork. I then decided to see if I waited more than one week if the bottle would taste the same. I also wanted a true & fair comparison of my senses, so I opted for 2 identical bottles of wine at the same time.

The Test:

I opened 2 bottles of Bogle Vineyards Essential Red 2015
Day # Bottle 1 Bottle 2
1 A nose of mixed red fruit and light baking spice. The palate was mixed dark berries, baking spice, and forrest floor, with a hint of vanilla & chocolates on the finish. A nose of mixed red fruit and light baking spice. The palate was mixed dark berries, baking spice, and forrest floor, with a hint of vanilla & chocolates on the finish.
7 A nose of stewed red fruit and heavy baking spice. The palate was overripe berries, strong baking spice, and damp forrest floor. The finish was gone A nose of mixed dark fruit and baking spice. The palate was blackberries, dark cherry, cloves & baking spice, followed by a cocoa note on the finish. Very reminiscent of the day I opened the bottle, with only the vanilla note missing.
14 The nose smelled of vinegar & raisins. The palate was now very overripe plum, bitter undercurrent of decaying fruit & the tannins had fallen out of the wine into stringy particulates throughout. This wine has undergone a transformation similar to bottle 1, just much slower. The nose is now made up of stewed red fruit and heavy baking spice. The palate was driven by overripe dark fruit, a strong baking spice presence and earthy forrest floor character. The finish was very light & short.
 

My conclusion

My conclusion is that for preserving wine for about a week this system was awesome. I would not suggest that you use it for Long term storage (more than 10 days.) But my most common use cases, having left over wine from opening your 2nd bottle of the evening, it is a great solution to keep the wine fresh until you have a chance to enjoy it again.

I will be using ArT Wine Preservation system to help preserve left over wine from my future dinner gatherings. I am very happy with the results so far & am confident that if I open a bottle that I saved with it, the glass of wine I pour will be as fresh as the first time around.

This was not a Paid review, but I did receive the ArT Wine Preservation as a free manufacturer sample, but all testing & thoughts in this review are my own.

 

 
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