You need the Vestia to use the extra stoppers. Please don’t just buy the extra stoppers and complain that you didn’t know you needed to buy the other thing too
@cengland0 I suspect (well, hope) that was the joke. Not to mention it would probably collapse the bottle, causing the liquid to be ingested into the pump and causing a general mess.
I rarely drink alcohol but when I do, it’s usually a bottle of wine during Thanksgiving with the whole family. There’s no left over wine so no special products are needed to save it.
@aleohansen I can tell your comment is sarcastic and that’s okay. But seriously, does anyone open a bottle of wine and keep it for a week or something? I cannot imagine someone doing that. If so, they would be better buying boxed wine.
@cengland0 We do.
Some wines drink better after hours of airing out, so this lets you plan ahead and stop/slow the process to time it with your meal.
Other wines actually taste quite good the next day, but you dont wan’t the same wine two days in a row, so this lets you save it for a third or fourth day. Or maybe use to cook with the next day. (Surely you don’t cook with wine you wouldn’t drink?)
If you drink wine that turns to vinegar in a couple of hours, welcome to mass produced table wine. When wine came in amphoras or casks and was shipped across the Aegean, do you really think it ‘went bad’ a couple of hours after opening? Not saying thats bad, just that our delivery means and expectations of wine have changed over the centuries.
There are good wines that drink for days. Many of them available from wine.woot, and hopefully also soon from another site after the big send off and shutdown in two weeks.
@mike808 You don’t think @cengland0, he or she of “if you want to keep wine that you’ve opened, you should buy boxed wine” infamy, would know anything about wine being once shipped across the Aegean, do you?
Can you provide a list of alternative uses for this product? I would not use this for wine, wine is nasty. I would be interested in this if there is a list of alternative uses.
@bleedmichigan Scotch, bourbon, and other whiskies will be affected by oxygen in the bottles. If you have nice hootch but don’t drink it often, these may help you keep them “fresh.”
We tested it with champagne and it seemed to keep it bubbly a bit longer (though I’ll admit we didn’t do very scientific testing, and there may have been a little drinking involved).
Leave the pump on for continuous maintenance of vacuum, or, POSSIBLY, take it off for a day or two, replacing to reestablish vacuum for longer periods.
“Leaving the Wine Saver on the bottle allows the product to continuously remove the air from inside.
When you’re ready to enjoy another glass of wine from your Vestia-corked bottle, click the release lever on the side of the Wine Saver and pull up, keeping the Wine Stopper in place.
The Wine Stopper will continue to tightly hold the vacuum-sealed bottle until the white button is pressed to release the pressure.”
With a vacuum-sealing motor and a specially-designed wine stopper, the Vestia Wine Saver automatically and continuously vacuum seals and removes air from any wine bottle. The technology creates a low pressure environment within the bottle, keeping the wine tasting great for a longer amount of time. When any air gets into the bottle for any reason, the Wine Saver automatically activates to remove it.
I would probably buy this if I weren’t getting married, because I can’t get through a bottle of wine on my own in a reasonable amount of time. However, my fiancee is French, and we won’t have a problem finishing a bottle of wine together, so pass.
@bdb Why look for other reasons? Her looks will fade with age (as will yours), her conversations will become banal and repetitious (ditto), and her inheritance will run out.
But like a good red, a shared love for wine will only improve with age.
@therealjrn Walmart description says - Vestia Vs wsvrfp bk4pk Wine Saver Starter Kit, key words are 4pk and Starter Kit, I’m sure it is the same starter kit offered by Meh.com
Save your money, these don’t work. Think about it—you can’t get a complete vacuum here, so there is still oxygen in the bottle to spoil the wine. At best these remove about 1/2 of the air. If you truly want to preserve the wine, either put it in a smaller bottle(less airspace=less oxygen) or buy a can of Wine Preserver gas (usually Argon) that replaces all the air like they do at pricey wine bars. A $10 can will do about 100 half-bottles and holds it indefinitely.
@cole103 The wine commentator for a local news radio station freezes his leftovers. He had the guts to try it on some decent wines and said he got over a week without perceptible change by freezing them. He claimed vacuuming was only good for a couple of days before he noticed a degradation in the taste.
Probably wouldn’t matter for me. I don’t detect hints of earthy blackberry or woody notes of quail eggs in anything.
Does anyone else think Meh has given up because they can’t ship anything in time for Christmas now? Like, “F it! Put it up for the retail price. Let’s see if anyone notices.”
@drummermessiah FYI, you will likely need to wrap up a printout of this (or of the Amazon page) with a note about how it’ll show up soon, unless you unwrap your gifts after the 25th. Estimated Delivery date is the 25th through the 29th.
Has anyone tested to see how much of a vacuum this thing pulls? It can’t be much running on 3 volts. If the vacuum was too strong, the wine would boil at room-temperature, but too weak, and you might as well not bother.
How do I use this? My testing indicates I must be doing something wrong. See, every time, it makes this lethargic little sound, and even though I let it go for a good 20 seconds at least, when I press the button on top of the stopper to see if I did it right, I always only hear a tiny amount of air enter.
@Dizavid It locks down onto the top of the bottle, sometimes I have to give its a very very slight twist to have it lock on (picture a 1 second movement on a clock face). After that I just leave it in place until the motor automatically turns off.
Once the motor turns off you can either hit the eject button on the pump unit and remove the pump (leaving the plug in place untouched) or leave the pump locked on. If left on the pump will occasionally turn on for 1 second to remove any air that may leak back in.
I thought I’d be able to test it by pushing a button or something, but it turned out to only come on when I was actually trying it on a wine bottle (put the stopper on, then put it on, then push it down)
I had the batteries in the wrong way at first, so if the above doesn’t work, you might double check that
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Vestia Wine Saver
3x Wine Stoppers
Or
3x Wine Stoppers
Pictures
Options
The Vestia
Box
Stoppers
Stopper packaging
Sucking out the air
Toppers
Batteries
Wine
RIP Chris Farley
Warranty
1 Year Vestia
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
I’d prefer to use this on 2-liter soda bottles.
@norman8 Which would be a great way to wind up with flat soda.
@norman8 With soda, you need to pump air into it to create pressure so the CO2 doesn’t come out of the soda, not create a vacuum.
@cengland0 I suspect (well, hope) that was the joke. Not to mention it would probably collapse the bottle, causing the liquid to be ingested into the pump and causing a general mess.
Use this, add two Menthos, and everything’ll be fine.
Wait. You mean those bottles of wine aren’t single servings?
@OutbackJon They never were for me. I’m no longer imbibing though so I solved that problem.
This is the Alpha and the Omega, both a starter and a stopper.
I rarely drink alcohol but when I do, it’s usually a bottle of wine during Thanksgiving with the whole family. There’s no left over wine so no special products are needed to save it.
@cengland0 thanks for letting us all know this vital and relevant information
@aleohansen I can tell your comment is sarcastic and that’s okay. But seriously, does anyone open a bottle of wine and keep it for a week or something? I cannot imagine someone doing that. If so, they would be better buying boxed wine.
@cengland0 Because we all know the BEST wine comes in a box.
@cengland0 We do.
Some wines drink better after hours of airing out, so this lets you plan ahead and stop/slow the process to time it with your meal.
Other wines actually taste quite good the next day, but you dont wan’t the same wine two days in a row, so this lets you save it for a third or fourth day. Or maybe use to cook with the next day. (Surely you don’t cook with wine you wouldn’t drink?)
If you drink wine that turns to vinegar in a couple of hours, welcome to mass produced table wine. When wine came in amphoras or casks and was shipped across the Aegean, do you really think it ‘went bad’ a couple of hours after opening? Not saying thats bad, just that our delivery means and expectations of wine have changed over the centuries.
There are good wines that drink for days. Many of them available from wine.woot, and hopefully also soon from another site after the big send off and shutdown in two weeks.
@mike808
I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food…
@mike808 You don’t think @cengland0, he or she of “if you want to keep wine that you’ve opened, you should buy boxed wine” infamy, would know anything about wine being once shipped across the Aegean, do you?
This is not the great. fuko I dreamed about.
@wew Now you’re wine-ing.
See, we do need triple A’s!
@pcolachiller If you drink too much, you need to go to AA
@pcolachiller Who are you, Roy Moore?
Can you provide a list of alternative uses for this product? I would not use this for wine, wine is nasty. I would be interested in this if there is a list of alternative uses.
@bleedmichigan Something to throw at those darn kids on your lawn.
@bleedmichigan Sucking is a use unto itself.
@mehcuda67 I’m pretty sure you don’t need a device for that. Maybe you’re doing it wrong?
@bleedmichigan Scotch, bourbon, and other whiskies will be affected by oxygen in the bottles. If you have nice hootch but don’t drink it often, these may help you keep them “fresh.”
Glad it’s a new item. Bummed that I have no interest.
Open & drink. If any is leftover, use it the next morning to ease out of the hangover.
/buy --model “Vestia with 3 stoppers”
We tested it with champagne and it seemed to keep it bubbly a bit longer (though I’ll admit we didn’t do very scientific testing, and there may have been a little drinking involved).
@dave It worked! Your order number is: ongoing-odious-silk
/image ongoing odious silk
@dave Wouldn’t it just make champagne go flat faster since there would be less air pressure?
@Pantheist Hence the “not scientific” aspect…I think you’re right. Stack Exchange Physics agrees with you - https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/88882/will-the-vacuum-wine-saver-suck-the-bubbles-out-of-champagne
AAA batteries needed? Maybe that is why there were none in the dumpster.
Estimated Delivery
FedEx SmartPost: Monday, December 25th - Friday, December 29th
@Thumperchick you get to try the wine before the big toast Sunday with still good wine.
/image bent-yellow-mule
Hope it comes before Christmas so I can tack it on.
We have a similar thing with a manual pump on it that tells you to stop pumping with a thoroughly disturbing clicking noise
@Twiminy Maybe your sex robot is broken?
People have leftover wine?
I looked for ten-ish minutes, and could not find any reviews.
It appears that the motor is supposed to stay on the bottle while the stopper is in place!
@bdb I don’t think so…
FROM STAPLES OFFER:
• Patented, Removable Vestia-vac™ Motor Vacuums Out Air & Preserves Flavor Of Wine Longer
• Works With Most Standard-sized Wine Bottles With Easy 1-touch Operation
•Wine Stopper Remains In Place & Holds Its Seal Until The White Button Is Pressed To Release The Pressure
@jeffreywsnyder OTOH…
MAYBE both suppositions are correct.
Leave the pump on for continuous maintenance of vacuum, or, POSSIBLY, take it off for a day or two, replacing to reestablish vacuum for longer periods.
FAILED KICKSTARTER CROWDFUNDING OFFER:
http://socialvignerons.com/2016/06/29/crowdfunding-vestia-wine-saver-keeps-wine-fresher-longer/
@jeffreywsnyder
ANOTHER SOURCE for this product:
“Leaving the Wine Saver on the bottle allows the product to continuously remove the air from inside.
When you’re ready to enjoy another glass of wine from your Vestia-corked bottle, click the release lever on the side of the Wine Saver and pull up, keeping the Wine Stopper in place.
The Wine Stopper will continue to tightly hold the vacuum-sealed bottle until the white button is pressed to release the pressure.”
@jeffreywsnyder My source for leaving it on the bottle is a sponsored post on a site called reversewinesnob.com: https://www.reversewinesnob.com/vestia
Where it says:
It seems like a crappier, motorized version of the “Vacu Vin” which is actually a bit cheaper.
@Alereon And AAA batteries will not get you much vacuum. Pass.
Why not buy boxed wine and avoid the whole issue?
@lljk Because boxed wine is usually really poor wine. Some better wine is going into boxes, and asceptic packaging. I love the trend.
I have never had a problem with… “saving” wine, because either there is none left or I just put the cork back in like an uncultured savage.
@cpierce spend $10 or $15 and try a vacuum device. Makes a difference for a decent red.
I would probably buy this if I weren’t getting married, because I can’t get through a bottle of wine on my own in a reasonable amount of time. However, my fiancee is French, and we won’t have a problem finishing a bottle of wine together, so pass.
@jqubed congratulations. I do hope you are getting married for a reason beyond her love of wine.
@jqubed oo la la
@bdb Why look for other reasons? Her looks will fade with age (as will yours), her conversations will become banal and repetitious (ditto), and her inheritance will run out.
But like a good red, a shared love for wine will only improve with age.
Chris Farley??
@widijaz Eh, they’re both stiffs now.
/bump -qty 3
/8ball “can anyone remind me how to check the expected delivery date for a meh. order?”
Don’t count on it
@Yoda_Daenerys Why don’t you ask your new IRL AR friends?
I don’t drink… wine…
@UnguidedSALT What… do you… drink…
I neffer drrink - dis shtuvff!
Bumpy Butt-plugs???
@Bumplepimp Who are you, Al Frankin?
@therealjrn That one was more of a Matt Lauer line.
/buy --model “Vestia with 3 stoppers”
@EmptiMind It worked! Your order number is: willing-afraid-band
/image willing afraid band
Available at Walmart with free in-store pickup for $16.85 Link at Walmart
And you can get it before Christmas!
@UncleMel That one doesn’t come with 3x Wine Stoppers like the starter kit here.
@UncleMel
But then you have to go to Wal-Mart.
@therealjrn Walmart description says - Vestia Vs wsvrfp bk4pk Wine Saver Starter Kit, key words are 4pk and Starter Kit, I’m sure it is the same starter kit offered by Meh.com
@UncleMel Ah yes. For all those fine wine connoisseurs that Walmart is known for.
@UncleMel 4pk is not a word. why don’t you buy one and report back?
Save your money, these don’t work. Think about it—you can’t get a complete vacuum here, so there is still oxygen in the bottle to spoil the wine. At best these remove about 1/2 of the air. If you truly want to preserve the wine, either put it in a smaller bottle(less airspace=less oxygen) or buy a can of Wine Preserver gas (usually Argon) that replaces all the air like they do at pricey wine bars. A $10 can will do about 100 half-bottles and holds it indefinitely.
@cole103 True that. Though I didn’t know you can get a can of Argon for $10. I love Argon. It’s so… noble.
@cole103 The wine commentator for a local news radio station freezes his leftovers. He had the guts to try it on some decent wines and said he got over a week without perceptible change by freezing them. He claimed vacuuming was only good for a couple of days before he noticed a degradation in the taste.
Probably wouldn’t matter for me. I don’t detect hints of earthy blackberry or woody notes of quail eggs in anything.
This thing is $15-20 all over the place. Not a deal.
I drink too much for this to be worth it.
Besides, cork stoppers are nicer anyway
Does anyone else think Meh has given up because they can’t ship anything in time for Christmas now? Like, “F it! Put it up for the retail price. Let’s see if anyone notices.”
@goldnectar meh is more than the price its a culture. But perhaps you are right, watch them mock Christmas gifts tomorrow.
Sweet, thanks meh, in for 2! Just covered 2 Xmas presents.
/image weary-subdued-prune
@drummermessiah FYI, you will likely need to wrap up a printout of this (or of the Amazon page) with a note about how it’ll show up soon, unless you unwrap your gifts after the 25th. Estimated Delivery date is the 25th through the 29th.
@dave Thanks mate, appreciate the advice
Has anyone tested to see how much of a vacuum this thing pulls? It can’t be much running on 3 volts. If the vacuum was too strong, the wine would boil at room-temperature, but too weak, and you might as well not bother.
How do I use this? My testing indicates I must be doing something wrong. See, every time, it makes this lethargic little sound, and even though I let it go for a good 20 seconds at least, when I press the button on top of the stopper to see if I did it right, I always only hear a tiny amount of air enter.
@Dizavid It locks down onto the top of the bottle, sometimes I have to give its a very very slight twist to have it lock on (picture a 1 second movement on a clock face). After that I just leave it in place until the motor automatically turns off.
Once the motor turns off you can either hit the eject button on the pump unit and remove the pump (leaving the plug in place untouched) or leave the pump locked on. If left on the pump will occasionally turn on for 1 second to remove any air that may leak back in.
hey how does this thing work? I put the batteries in and everything and it’s not doing anything.
@boygenius1991 Two ideas based on personal experience: