Comments on: Pinotblogger has a good marketing idea… http://huevosconvino.moderngarbage.org/2006/08/07/pinotblogger-has-a-good-marketing-idea/ viva la vino! Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:04:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: huevosconvino http://huevosconvino.moderngarbage.org/2006/08/07/pinotblogger-has-a-good-marketing-idea/#comment-91 huevosconvino Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:42:44 +0000 http://huevosconvino.moderngarbage.org/2006/08/07/pinotblogger-has-a-good-marketing-idea/#comment-91 I have a can of nitrogen but I'm a little worried as to whether I'm doing things right. It seems like the nitrogen would just sort of blow around into the bottle and then dissapate...but maybe not. In my experience, it works great to use nitrogen once, but then if you use it again on the same bottle after pouring more wine the remaining liquid doesn't hold up too well. I have a can of nitrogen but I’m a little worried as to whether I’m doing things right. It seems like the nitrogen would just sort of blow around into the bottle and then dissapate…but maybe not. In my experience, it works great to use nitrogen once, but then if you use it again on the same bottle after pouring more wine the remaining liquid doesn’t hold up too well.

]]> By: CamWheeler http://huevosconvino.moderngarbage.org/2006/08/07/pinotblogger-has-a-good-marketing-idea/#comment-90 CamWheeler Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:34:38 +0000 http://huevosconvino.moderngarbage.org/2006/08/07/pinotblogger-has-a-good-marketing-idea/#comment-90 I've found that with pumping air out of the bottle with those vacuum pumps, it can remove some of the aromatics of the wine as well as the air and to me it generally smells flatter afterwards. I haven't yet tried any of the gas based solutions but some friends say that it works quite well. I’ve found that with pumping air out of the bottle with those vacuum pumps, it can remove some of the aromatics of the wine as well as the air and to me it generally smells flatter afterwards. I haven’t yet tried any of the gas based solutions but some friends say that it works quite well.

]]> By: huevosconvino http://huevosconvino.moderngarbage.org/2006/08/07/pinotblogger-has-a-good-marketing-idea/#comment-89 huevosconvino Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:43:30 +0000 http://huevosconvino.moderngarbage.org/2006/08/07/pinotblogger-has-a-good-marketing-idea/#comment-89 That's a very good idea! I'm happy to hear some advice from someone who has had plenty of wine before; I haven't quite had enough experience drinking at home yet to know whether a method such as this one would work, so this is good to hear! Do you ever pump the air out of the bottle too, or is that just a useless thing to do? That’s a very good idea! I’m happy to hear some advice from someone who has had plenty of wine before; I haven’t quite had enough experience drinking at home yet to know whether a method such as this one would work, so this is good to hear! Do you ever pump the air out of the bottle too, or is that just a useless thing to do?

]]> By: CamWheeler http://huevosconvino.moderngarbage.org/2006/08/07/pinotblogger-has-a-good-marketing-idea/#comment-88 CamWheeler Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:12:19 +0000 http://huevosconvino.moderngarbage.org/2006/08/07/pinotblogger-has-a-good-marketing-idea/#comment-88 Thanks for the heads up, I doubt they'll ship to Australia, but it doesn't hurt to try ;) I read your comment over there about keeping unfinished bottles - the best way I've found is to get some half bottles and if I'm only going to drink half a bottle immediately totally fill the empty half bottle, minimising air contact to a few seconds and then putting it in the fridge. Wines stay quite fresh this way since they had hardly any oxygen contact. Thanks for the heads up, I doubt they’ll ship to Australia, but it doesn’t hurt to try ;)

I read your comment over there about keeping unfinished bottles - the best way I’ve found is to get some half bottles and if I’m only going to drink half a bottle immediately totally fill the empty half bottle, minimising air contact to a few seconds and then putting it in the fridge. Wines stay quite fresh this way since they had hardly any oxygen contact.

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