Magic Decanater
Discussion
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Decanter-Aerator-Fil...
Just a heads up to say I bought one of these recently, £11.50 from Amazon, and it's fantastic. Turns cheap red wine into half decent red wine. I haven't tried it on a half decent red yet, but suspect it would still improve it. Very simple but beautifully made, it's an acrylic funnel with a couple of venturi tubes (for those of you who are old enough to have stripped a carburettor) that suck the air into the wine as it flows thru.
Very impressed.
(I do not work for the company who makes them and have nothing to gain from recommending it!!)
Just a heads up to say I bought one of these recently, £11.50 from Amazon, and it's fantastic. Turns cheap red wine into half decent red wine. I haven't tried it on a half decent red yet, but suspect it would still improve it. Very simple but beautifully made, it's an acrylic funnel with a couple of venturi tubes (for those of you who are old enough to have stripped a carburettor) that suck the air into the wine as it flows thru.
Very impressed.
(I do not work for the company who makes them and have nothing to gain from recommending it!!)
Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Sunday 14th July 16:29
... but
I'm not against aggressive decanting, where appropriate, but that device has no way of knowing how much air a wine is going to need (and the idea that all wines would need the same length of time would be open to some debate!).
That isn't to say that it might not offer some improvement, but excessively bullish marketing always puts me off trying a product.
the product description said:
Magic Decanter draws in and mixes the proper amount of air for the right amount of time, allowing your wine to breathe instantly
(emphasis added)I'm not against aggressive decanting, where appropriate, but that device has no way of knowing how much air a wine is going to need (and the idea that all wines would need the same length of time would be open to some debate!).
That isn't to say that it might not offer some improvement, but excessively bullish marketing always puts me off trying a product.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
I doubt it was ever patented. It's an effect, named after the physicist who discovered it. He died about 200 yrs ago. To patent it would be like trying to patent gravity. It's just a natural thing, the bloke who discovered it didn't invent it.
I think.
The Vinturi device carries a patent. The knock off version here avoids the patent by not being of the same design. I think.
Magic919 said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
I doubt it was ever patented. It's an effect, named after the physicist who discovered it. He died about 200 yrs ago. To patent it would be like trying to patent gravity. It's just a natural thing, the bloke who discovered it didn't invent it.
I think.
The Vinturi device carries a patent. The knock off version here avoids the patent by not being of the same design. I think.
It appears Vinturi is the name they give the design of using the Venturi effect in a wine aerator. I guess vin meaning wine, it's meant to be a gag?? That's the patent.
But the Venturi effect, which is what they use, is used in loads of carburettors, to suck the fuel in. In the case of the wine gadget, it's sucking in air.
You can have a patent of the design of a wine aerator, but the actual Venturi effect can't be the subject of a patent, it's like trying to patent gravity. I would think.
But the Venturi effect, which is what they use, is used in loads of carburettors, to suck the fuel in. In the case of the wine gadget, it's sucking in air.
You can have a patent of the design of a wine aerator, but the actual Venturi effect can't be the subject of a patent, it's like trying to patent gravity. I would think.
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