This is a Wine Vault. A $35,000 Wine Vault to be precise. Looking like a prop straight out of Ocean’s 11, the manufacturer describes this as a “must for luxury homes”. The stainless steel monolith features a Cellar Management System accessed through a flat screen display. But the best thing about this contraption is the [...]
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My Decanter Is Full of Holes! Don't You Just Hate It When That Happens?
There are some pointless inventions that, despite their utter pointlessness, are technically astounding or creatively beguiling. The “watering can” decanter is not one of these. Take a look at the picture opposite and answer me me honestly, “Why?” This ‘RainMan’ decanter is supposed to provide a curious way to aerate your wine. A number of [...]
Is That a Pippette I See Before Me?
Introducing the “blend your own wine” kit. It’s called Fusebox and I want one now. According to the makers “You’ll learn how to turn a good wine into a great one and gain an appreciation for why blending is the highest art form in winemaking.” What you get is 6 bottles of blending wine, one [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen, I Present The Gravity Defying Wine Bottle
I have to confess that I’m a sucker for pointless gadgets. Not even the impending collapse of Western Capitalism could stop me whipping out the credit card on this one. This has got “Amaze your guests with gravity defying wine bottle stand” written all over it but I fear it’ll end up in [...]
Wine Vending Machines for "America's Finest Homes"
For this blogger, much of the joy of wine relates to the rituals associated with the serving of this most precious of liquids. So when I recently came across The Skybar Wine Preservation and Optimization System I felt a tad discombobulated. I’m still (metaphorically) scratching my head as I write this post. Is [...]
Japanese Turn Wine Into Music…
Sometimes there’s nothing quite like the accompanying sound of sweet soul when sipping a glass of smooth Rioja with the woman you love. And occasionally a full throttled Californian Zinfandel cries out for the irregular beats of space-rock infused jazz-yap techno slam. So, if your love of wine has progressed from an obsession to [...]
Grow Your Own Wine Rack!
It’s approaching the end of January, and in gardening terms the month allocated for planning is nearly over. Top of my planning priorities for the small plot of North London land that we call our garden, is the “grow your own wine rack kit”. Marketers like to call these sorts of products “innovative” [...]
Plug Your Wine Bottle into Your PC!
Chateau Pontet Canet is now available in USB format. The official spiel would have you believe the following - If you are a wine lover, this USB stick might come in handy. It has a storage capacity of 1 GB and contains Open Cellar, a wine management software. You can get it for 35 Euros. Software [...]
Miracle Cure! Turn Blossom Hill into Chablis in 30 Minutes.
“An entrepreneur claims to have invented a machine that turns a cheap bottle of plonk into a vintage-tasting wine in a matter of minutes. Inventor Casey Jones says the £350 gadget uses ultrasound technology to recreate the effects of decades of ageing by colliding alcohol molecules inside the bottle. The Ultrasonic Wine Ager, which looks [...]
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