![]() Wine Away, founded in 1997 by mother-daughter team Cheryl Corn and Staci Wanichek, is also equally effective on tablecloths, carpets and hard surfaces and fights other tough, red-colored stains too.Search-as-you-type is a common technique for improving query productivity. Another stocking stuffer option is the Wine Away emergency kit tin (shown), with two mini spray bottles. I’ve also started leaving one in my car so when I see a spot, I can take care of it right away. My life was further changed when I discovered the 2-ounce bottles (perfect stocking stuffers), which are easy to stick in my purse. We have a full-size spray bottle at work, and there’s another at home. The product does not contain bleach-it’s made from fruit and vegetable extracts-and its appealing, light, citrusy aroma doesn’t linger too long, so you can go on wine tasting without being distracted by the scent. This stuff is magic: You spray it on and watch red wine stains disappear, then launder as usual. Thankfully, I discovered Wine Away and have a more colorful wardrobe now. ![]() When I got into the wine industry, I adopted an almost entirely black wardrobe as a way to hide any red wine splashes or dribbles. (and wine retailers nationwide), $17 for a combo of one 12-ounce bottle and one 2-ounce bottle $16 for the Wine Away Emergency Kit two-pack … His book is still the best of its kind." -New York Times … Zraly's never flagging enthusiasm for wine bounces off every page. … One of the best start-from-scratch wine books ever written. … It makes wine fun, it makes wine exciting, and it carries its erudition lightly, just like its author. "If you have never bought a wine book before, start with this one. If you have a roomful of wine books, get this one anyway. This 35th anniversary edition includes new material on Prosecco, rosé and the wines of Sicily, plus a fascinating chapter written from the author's unique 50-year perspective on how wine and food culture has changed since 1970. He demystifies every aspect of wine: grape varieties, winemaking techniques, how to read a wine label, and how to evaluate a wine in just 60 seconds. Kevin Zraly is America’s ultimate wine educator, and his entertaining teaching style has made this must-have book a treasured favorite for more than three decades. Windows on the World Complete Wine Course: 35th Anniversary Edition, by Kevin Zraly The Definitive Guide to Wine Appreciation ![]() It’s clean-looking, it works, and the leather cradle evokes an Eames lounge chair for wine. Eminent sommelier Ryan Bailey saw the need for it and teamed with Klein Agency designers to make it, with 15 available color combinations. The latter were just overwrought who wants a Rube Goldberg machine on the table? The Portae has one of those “why didn’t anyone else think of that?” innovations: the clean, modern, metal frame holds a leather sling-we’ve been calling it a wine hammock-to embrace different-sized bottles at just the right angle for service. The former were built for one size only, and even then the bottle could rattle around. Traditionally they were either baskets or metal contraptions, often with gears to tilt the bottle. Cradles are not just for presentation of wine they also serve to isolate any sediment in the bottom corner of the bottle so that it doesn’t spill into your glass. It doesn’t do much, but it does it perfectly and looks quite smart. Thomas Matthewsĭo you have a favorite chair? Simple, functional and elegant, the Portae wine cradle is the favorite chair of wine service. Considering the value, both financial and emotional, of mature wines, the Durand is an essential tool in any collector’s arsenal. But once you master the technique, it maximizes the success rate of removing an old, crumbly cork intact. The Durand is not all that intuitive or easy to use it lacks the leverage supplied by many other cork removers (including the Pulltap). It’s actually two devices in one: a standard corkscrew with a spiral worm that sinks into the center of the cork, and a device, commonly called an “ah-so,” with two prongs that slip between the cork and the glass. ![]() This cork remover was invented by a wine collector named Mark Taylor, who was frustrated by the difficulty in extracting fragile corks from older wines without breaking them or leaving debris in the bottle. Mostly I rely on the classic waiter’s corkscrew, especially the double-hinged version introduced by the Spanish company Pulltaps.īut when I pull a bottle from my cellar-any wine more than 10 years old-I rely on the Durand. Over the years, I acquired some beautiful and effective machines for removing the corks. I have been opening wine bottles in commercial quantities ever since I was a bartender.
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