Capabunga's
Wine Preservation System vs. the Ordainary Cork
By FBWorld Team
Once
a bottle of wine is opened, the air starts to have an
effect. Over time, flavors and aromas will lose their
quality and depth. If you're in a position to finish a
bottle on the same night it's opened, there's no problem.
But fairly often, many of us have leftover wine that we
want to save and drink later.
Capabunga
is a new wine preservation system that promises to protect
and preserve your unfinished bottles wine from oxidation.
So we put it to the test.
We
opened two bottles of red wine - same winery, same vintage
- and emptied each of half its content. For one bottle,
we simply stuck the cork back in. For the other, we used
Capabunga. Then we waited three days, since that's the
commonly observed rule for keeping red wine around, and
tried them again.
After
a few days, the bottle with only the cork tasted a bit
oxidized, had a muted nose, and was not that pleasant
to drink. While the Capabunga bottle was in noticeably
better shape. It certainly didn't taste like new, but
the wine was much livelier and much more enjoyable to
drink.
At
about $25, the Capabunga kit is a solid buy. We'd highly
recommend it to anyone that regularly has unfinished bottles.
With all the wine you can save, Capabunga can easily pay
for itself over time.
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