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Wine - Where to Buy
Wine Service
If this style of wine opener intimidates you, no worries! There is a reason that Sommeliers worldwide prefer the wine key for opening dozens of bottles a night! For me, it took a bit of practice. I’ve never considered myself to have a great deal of upper body strength but I found, like most things, it’s all about the leverage. This model is a luxury version. It has a nice weight and feels great in the hand.
If this style of wine opener intimidates you, no worries! There is a reason that Sommeliers worldwide prefer the wine key for opening dozens of bottles a night! For me, it took a bit of practice. I’ve never considered myself to have a great deal of upper body strength but I found, like most things, it’s all about the leverage. This model is a luxury version. It has a nice weight and feels great in the hand.
If you’ve been to one of my classes, you’ve seen me use these. The price is right and it comes with 3 so this was a great buy of wine keys for work. We’ve also bought a few of these for personal use – one in every travel bag – for the lake, the car, the hotel…you get it 🙂
Wine Preservation - Make Your Wines Last Longer
This is a common low-cost method to remove oxygen from your wine bottle to extend the life of your wine and keep its contents fresh.
Coravin System is a sophisticated way to preserve your wine for months after opening. This system has everything – the Coravin, extra cartridges, an aerator, and a set of caps for screwtop wines. Really, everything you could need.
Don’t like the standard gray stoppers – or need several more to handle a few more bottles? These replacement stoppers are great for an existing wine pump system (see system listed above).
Can’t finish the entire bottle? Here’s a great way to maintain the integrity of your favorite sparkling wine. Easy to use – and they do the job!
Learning Tools
I discovered these during my first wine education courses and absolutely fell in love with them. This design was originally created in 1970 for the purpose of capturing a wine’s aromas and characteristics. Every major wine school uses these. The other fabulous benefit is that they take up so much LESS room on the table. You can taste 4-6 wines at a time without taking up so much table (or dishwasher) space. BTW – these are super durable too!
As a wine educator, I highly recommend thesse Aroma Wine Kit to anyone looking to deepen their wine knowledge and sensory skills. It’s a fantastic tool for both beginners and seasoned wine lovers If you’re serious about refining your palate, this is a must-have resource—it’s the same training aid used by top sommeliers around the world.
This link will take you to a range of kits priced between about $60-400. My sets are most similar to the two $124 sets. Today, I would buy the $200 set with 80 aromas.