[wvl]

The Sweethome likes it, but it's expensive:

> "We tested the $300 Coravin system against Private Preserve, comparing bottles of wine that’d been saved for five days against a fresh bottle. While the Coravin-preserved bottle tasted more like the brand-new one, its price makes it impractical for many wine drinkers; it’s better suited for restaurant use, or serious oenophiles. For everyone else, Private Preserve is still the way to go."

http://thesweethome.com/reviews/best-way-to-keep-open-wine-f...

[JumpCrisscross]

> It’s better suited for restaurant use,

I'm a wine enthusiast with a restless palette. Even if I adored the last glass, I'll want something different next. This makes me a bad fit for bottles (in small groups).

Consider the restauranteur offering wine by the glass. On the upside, glasses (should) deliver a larger margin than whole bottles. On the downside, unsold product is thrown out. This is why high-volume low- and moderately-priced wines sell by the glass. Lower-volume wines would be thrown out too often. The higher price point would make that wastage more painful.

In New York, the Coravin system has saved me from having to choose between often mediocre wines and locking down to a bottle. It makes volume less critical, to the wine bar, in choosing which wines to offer by the glass. The palette thus broadens.

[pcurve]

That's a great link, thanks. Wine goes bad so fast that I was giggling in excitement when I watched the video. But then my jaw dropped when I saw the price of the machine. And it drop again when I saw the cartridge price.

I can't help thinking that this is a product planned by MBA type. But I rarely spend more than $20 on a bottle of wine, and if the product is head and shoulder above competition out there, the company can pretty charge whatever it wants for people who routinely drink expensive wine, or restaurant establishments.

[geofft]

I was going to say that a $300 one-time cost plus under $1 per glass is totally within reason for someone who has many bottles of good wine. But $10 for 120 bottles is shockingly cheaper.

On the other hand, unsurprisingly, the length of preservation varies. Private Preserve keeps it for a few days; Coravin seems to work for a month or more.

[omonra]

Super, thank you for the heads up