I've never been much of a wine drinker but I've been on a wine kick lately. I am still a newbie but I have done some research and product testing. This particular product is a wine chiller, pourer and aerator. I love the concept of this product but it did cause me some issues. I used Barefoot and Sutter Home wine to test this product.
Usually when I plan on drinking a glass of wine I keep the wine stored in the fridge. Then I hold the bottle as high as I can (without spillage) while pouring the wine into the glass to aerate the wine. My method works but it's not the best.
When I received this product I immediately pulled out the chiller rod and placed it into the freezer for later use. My first attempt at using this product was horrendous but it was due to user error. DO NOT FORGET to remove a small portion of the wine from the bottle before inserting the product. I can't stress this enough as I made this mistake twice! Hopefully you will have more common sense than I did.
I tried pouring warm wine through the chiller but it didn't make the wine any colder. The chiller only keeps cold wine chilled. It does not chill warm wine. The chiller also doesn't work very well if the bottle isn't full because the rod is too short.
I was very cautious when I next attempted to pour a couple of glasses of wine for the first time. I learned that if you tilt the bottle too much the product will come out making a huge mess. Be sure to secure the product in the bottle as much as possible to avoid this problem. The spout also pours extremely slow. It takes much longer to fill a glass using this product.
The only impressive aspect is the aerator. As a new wine enthusiast I have learned that aerating the wine is supposed to improve the taste of the wine. However, I didn't notice much of a change in taste. Also the aerator ins't necessary. One can easily aerate wine by swirling the wine around the glass or simply leaving the bottle unopened for one-half hour. I received this product for free in exchange for a honest and unbiased review.
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