dangerdave
Chief Bottlewasher
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We began dismantling Christmas at our house this week. Tree comes down, lights off of the house. Tossed out the left-over cookies, and stowed the opened gifts into the places where they will make their homes. My thoughtful brother had given me a gift bag with some wine related stuff---an aerator, some bottle toppers, other accessories, and a basket with some munchies, all in a big bag. Embarrassingly, I had forgotten to dig to the bottom of the bag, where I found an untouched, wrapped package. Inside was a VINBRITE MARC iii with vent. Well, I'll be...
So, I took the small contraption to my Lab. As I decended the stairs to the basement, I vaguely remembered mentioning to my brother that I did not filter my wines, but planned to try it some day. To my utter surprise, he had taken it to heart.
I look over my wines in their respective carboys. My eyes fall on the Italian Pinot Grigio I had started in October. It had not cleared up as quickly as I had liked. Here it is, still slightly cloudy...
Well, I thought, I'll just run this stuff through this device and see if it's any good. The device, that is, as the wine smelled great.
The instructions were plain and comprehensive, and the set-up was easy. My brother, astonishingly, had included extra Vinbrite pads and a package of Vinpapers for extra clarity.
I set the thing up to run, and went to town to run some errands. Very convenient!
Several hours later, here is what I saw. I said, Wow! This thing is pretty cool! Compare this pic below to the before pic above. The wine is crystal clear!
For a small inexpensive filter kit, this things does the trick! I would recommend this to anyone, for an easy, cheap way to give your wine a polished finish.
Thanks to my allinonewinepump, I had 30 gorgeous bottles of wine a short time later.
Most definately two thumbs up!
So, I took the small contraption to my Lab. As I decended the stairs to the basement, I vaguely remembered mentioning to my brother that I did not filter my wines, but planned to try it some day. To my utter surprise, he had taken it to heart.
I look over my wines in their respective carboys. My eyes fall on the Italian Pinot Grigio I had started in October. It had not cleared up as quickly as I had liked. Here it is, still slightly cloudy...
Well, I thought, I'll just run this stuff through this device and see if it's any good. The device, that is, as the wine smelled great.
The instructions were plain and comprehensive, and the set-up was easy. My brother, astonishingly, had included extra Vinbrite pads and a package of Vinpapers for extra clarity.
I set the thing up to run, and went to town to run some errands. Very convenient!
Several hours later, here is what I saw. I said, Wow! This thing is pretty cool! Compare this pic below to the before pic above. The wine is crystal clear!
For a small inexpensive filter kit, this things does the trick! I would recommend this to anyone, for an easy, cheap way to give your wine a polished finish.
Thanks to my allinonewinepump, I had 30 gorgeous bottles of wine a short time later.
Most definately two thumbs up!
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