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Coravin's preservation system allows you to taste wine without uncorking the bottle and it's down near an all-time low price.

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David Watsky Senior Editor / Home and Kitchen
David lives in Brooklyn where he's logged more than a decade writing about all things edible, including meal kits and meal delivery subscriptions, cooking, kitchen gear and commerce. Since earning a BA in English from Northeastern in Boston, he's toiled in nearly every aspect of the eats business from slicing and dicing as a sous-chef in Rhode Island to leading complex marketing campaigns for major food brands in Manhattan. These days, he's likely somewhere trying the latest this or tasting the latest that - and reporting back, of course. Anything with sesame is his all-time favorite food this week.
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The Coravin system is a favorite among serious wine folk. 

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Enjoying wine doesn't require much in the way of gear or gadgets, but there is one piece of hardware that most serious imbibers, collectors and industry professionals agree is worth having. Coravin's wine preservation system allows you to pour from any bottle without uncorking it, so you can drink however much you want, whenever you want, without risking the wine inside going bad. The Coravin Timeless typically retails for $179 to $200, but it's currently on sale, down to $125 on Overstock (the price is only shown after you've added it to your cart).

So how does it work? The Coravin uses a fine needle to puncture the cork, allowing you to pour wine from the bottle without actually opening it. The mechanism also pressurizes the bottle with argon, an inert gas used in the wine-making process, to prevent oxidation of the remaining wine. This frees you to move from wine to wine without fear of it spoiling for several months.

Coravin also makes another preservation system called the Pivot that retails for about $119. Worth noting that this model does not pierce the cork (the cork must be removed) and will only allow you to preserve a bottle for four weeks or so. It's handy, to be certain, but not nearly as versatile as the above system, which allows you to pour and preserve an unlimited number of bottles for months or even years.   

Read more: The Biggest Kitchen Trends, Gadgets and Smart Tech You'll See in 2023


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