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spitoon ....way too responsible!

You needed a coravin for that lot ...theyd all still be fresh weeks later.

Quiet Night in Dave?

Looks like the type of madness i like.
i'm surprised you were able to write anything even a few days later.

and what is the cocktail shaker for?

Surely you only gave notes for the 10 wines cause you lost your way after that.

I love my aussie wines (predominantly cabernet & shiraz) yet i have an appreciation for bordeaux, super tuscans, barolo and US cabernet & zinfandel but i rarely buy them as they are too expensive here for what you get. Ive tried various Bordeaux over the last 10 years in the $50 - $200 range...

i stand them up initially so no wine leaks out then you can lay them back down once the cork has had to time to seal. Ive found no noticeable difference over 5 months in the wines that were stood up as i'd have a glass every month minimum to check its progress. If you were looking at taking a glass ...

Is there an offline soon? How often are they organised?

I'm keen to do my 1st if theres one coming up and one of the more experienced crew can get one off the ground.

Generally i find it can vary between wines, the older the bottle the quicker it is to oxidise. 1998 & 2002's i opened lasted 8 weeks. Its gradual but if you use the coravin regularly you can pick up that the bottle is beginning to oxidise. It was at about 6 weeks i began to notice the older bott...

strippett wrote:Thinking of getting a Coravin, but where do people get the gas refills from??

order from Coravin.com - so shipped from the U.S website via DHL here in a few days.

Mike, How has your coravin been going? I was following people's progress on them in the forums but that stuff has died down a lot and people talk about it a lot less (although more people seem to have one). It must be working out ok. I know some people have had issues with it but part of that must ...