As a wine store and tasting bar owner myself, I recognized
the need for this quality wine preservation first hand. We started with vacuum pumps and canned products but pumps proved less reliable than we liked and the blend of gases in the cans was questionable as to its effectiveness. After months of research and several
incarnations, what started as a pet project to fill the need in our
wine shop, has turned into VinAssure™ Wine Preservation Systems. Using the finest quality industrial
parts, we set out to handcraft a lightweight hand-held device that would hold
large volumes of winery-grade argon gas under high pressure. This allows you to inject more or less Argon, depending on your needs, at maximum value and preservation level.
Our winery-grade ALIGAL™ Argon (from multi-national Air Liquide) purges the air in the empty bottle space so that what comes in contact with the wine is mostly Argon. The Argon, along with refrigeration, protects the wine from oxidation. It is a
misconception that Argon forms a layer on
top of the wine to protect it from the air. Scientists have confirmed that Argon
is heavier 'enough' than air for it to fall beneath the air briefly,
thus purging the air from the space in the bottle. If you injected
enough Argon to fill 100% of the empty space, that space would be 100%
Argon. But........ if you inject just enough Argon to preserve the wine
(as we suggest), what happens is that the Argon quickly mixes with the
air remaining in the empty space and creates an 'Argon-rich' atmosphere. Except for the most discriminating palate, that's
enough to preserve the aroma and taste of the wine. VinAssure™ protects the quality of wine seven days or more, depending on the wine, storage temperature, and taster's palate.
In addition to supplying winery-grade grade Argon gas, VinAssure™'s high-pressure allows our cylinders to last much longer than other systems, lowering the per-use cost. As business owners and managers (and certainly in these difficult times) we all would like to get maximum value for our money, and making sure that you’re able to sell every last drop of every bottle you open is a great way to make that happen.
Reasonably priced at $149 (to the trade), the VinAssure™ System is designed to become increasingly affordable the more you use it to preserve your wines. With our easy and convenient cylinder replacement program, the cost of VinAssure™ can drop to as low as 3.7¢ per use. This makes VinAssure™ not only the most efficient and effective wine preservation option, but also the most affordable system of its kind!
- PRESERVE UP TO 700 BOTTLES PER CYLINDER
- LOWEST PER-USE COST ON THE MARKET
- WINERY GRADE AIR LIQUIDE ALIGAL™ ARGON GAS
- HAND-HELD, LIGHTWEIGHT, EASY TO USE
- NO ADAPTERS NEEDED; NO PARTS TO CLEAN OR REPLACE