Teleporting Wine - The dream of Coravin Inventor Greg Lambrecht

The Coravin has revolutionized wine for many folks. Greg Lambrecht, a physicist and inventor of medical devices, used his expertise – "I'm very good with needles," he says – to create a device that has revolutionized wine service and wine sampling. Students of wine, sellers of wine and all lovers of wine have been impacted by the Coravin system that allows us to sample multiple bottles without having the wine go bad within a day. "I wanted to teleport wine," Lambrecht says, "I wanted any wine, anywhere, any time."

The original Coravin device (there are now several iterations) was called "The Wine Mosquito," a name that changed almost as quickly as new innovations in the device made it the de facto way of preserving wine for many wine lovers around the world. No wine importer or sales person will leave their office without a Coravin to allow easy sampling of bottled wine while never removing the cork or exposing the contents of the bottle to oxygen. Wine bars and restaurants can dispense tasting samples of even the most expensive wines without having to open the bottle, meaning they can sell the contents over a period or days or weeks, each pour as fresh as the first one.

As inventor Greg Lambrecht explains to host Lyn Farmer, "every wine lover can now have their own wine bar at home and try dozens of wines without emptying a bottle." This doesn't mean bottles contain infinite amounts of wine however! The Coravin makes it possible to extract wine from the bottle by putting a needle through the cork to retrieve a sample (a small tasting portion or a whole glass if you wish), displacing the volume the wine occupied with inert argon gas. This means no oxygen touches the wine remaining in the bottle. The cork effectively reseals the puncture and the bottle remains safely protected from oxygen.

On this episode of Postcards in a Glass, Greg talks with Lyn about how the Coravin came about, his own wine journey (which is fascinating by the way), some of his favorite wines to serve with the Coravin, tricks for using the device and what is new in the world of Coravin – there are some intriguing options on the wine horizon! Join us for an engaging discussion with master inventor and storyteller Greg Lambrecht. Cheers!

You will find more on The Coravin, including some very helpful videos, at the company website: http://www.Coravin.com