Vinturi Travel
$24.99 + $5 shipping
CONDITION: Travel Sized
PRODUCTS:
1 Vinturi Travel
1 Hard Case Travel Case
Previous offer:
2/10/11
The Vinturi Website says
"NEW VINTURI TRAVEL
A compact, portable version of the original Vinturi. Measures 5 1/2 inches tall and weighs just 4 ounces. Includes black hard case with stainless steel accents.
Price: $39.95"
http://www.vinturi.com/purchase.html
Had to do it again:
“Sometimes a picture doesn’t really help sell a product.”
Gotta have some video!
I think the consensus was it is smaller than the regular Vinturi, and therefore even more prone to making a big mess.
I had the occasion to use the Rabbit aerator that poured perfectly for me. I’m going to hold out for one of those. Or one of those glass ones that NightGhost raves about, besides reminding me of how much I dreamt of Barbara Eden in “I Dream of Jeanie” as tween in the onset of adolescence.
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I think the consensus was it is smaller than the regular Vinturi, and therefore even more prone to making a big mess.
I had the occasion to use the Rabbit aerator that poured perfectly for me. I’m going to hold out for one of those. Or one of those glass ones that NightGhost raves about, besides reminding me of how much I dreamt of Barbara Eden in “I Dream of Jeanie” as tween in the onset of adolescence.
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“Rave” is a bit strong:
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My personal take on wine aerators:
First of all, I have a Soiree, not a Vinturi. You can read about blind taste tests via the links I posted below. But I think they do roughly the same thing (and both models have their pros and cons).
That being said, aerators definitely work as advertised. If you want to drink from a freshly opened bottle, an aerator will definitely improve the wine (assuming, of course, that it’s a wine that needs aeration/decanting in the first place). This is particularly true of young wines, and I also seem to find it quite effective for blends.
It’s easy to do a comparison - just pop and pour a glass, and then use the aerator for another.
However, an aerator doesn’t do as good a job as a proper decanting. For example, I tried the Wellington Merlot which was austere and a little bitter on pop and pour, but tolerable when aerated. But I didn’t find it truly enjoyable until it sat for 20 minutes in the glass.
But other wines fared much better right after aerating.
In conclusion, I would say these devices really augment my wine drinking experience, but they don’t replace a decanter.
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$35.95 on amazon
Some blind taste tests/reviews:
Vinturi Wine Aerator Product: Taste Test and Wine Lover’s Review
Vinturi Wine Aerator Review and Taste Test Results
Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator
Gadget Review # 3: The Vinturi White Wine Aerator
Long Awaited Blind Tasting: Vinturi vs. Soirée
Vinturi Travel – the Portable Wine Aerator Tested, Recommended
Review for Vinturi® Travel Wine Aerator
Phew!
I’m still of the mindset that the original vinturi is just as portable?
But saying that, please buy these things so we can move along to the next woot! 
Doesn’t matter how useful it is away from home. If you take this out at a restaurant or in public, be prepared to get some dirty looks.
"You’re such a snob you have to carry about a portable aerator?
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Doesn’t matter how useful it is away from home. If you take this out at a restaurant or in public, be prepared to get some dirty looks.
"You’re such a snob you have to carry about a portable aerator?
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True. But wine geeks can use them to meet other wine geeks.
“Your Vinturi Travel or mine?”
Agreed! I have money to burn and haven’t seen anything yet I’m interested in…
My fiance and I started drinking wine two years ago but we haven’t invested in one yet, probably because they are so expensive… I could buy a nice bottle of wine, 2 decents, or 4-5 lower shelf brands for that!
This will improve any bottle of red wine…except Red Drop Sweet Red. It just tastes awful.
The coolest feature of the travel Vinturi is the case. It spins around inside its self like one of those secret door book cases.
The second coolest feature is sits in the the mouth of the recently poured bottle so any drips go right back into the bottle.
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Agreed! I have money to burn and haven’t seen anything yet I’m interested in…
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Prepare for a long nite, or better yet get some sleep and hope tomorrow brings some autobuys.
I’ve been lurking here for awhile. I took Nightrider’s perspective and now believe that all the devices have their own place.
Do we dare hope for (dread) a 2 day woot off?
Holy woot-off killer batman.
Not even I’m so much of a wine snob to where I need to travel with a Vinturi…
WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO for the 2 day woot off! (excitement is NOT shared by my bank account). Boss is out of the office tomorrow and I know how I will be spending the day!