I absolutely love my Coravin and all my Coravin accessories that i’ve Bought. They are the best!

So I unboxed this a couple of days ago, but I didn't have any wine around the house. Since this was going to be a review and I like Two Buck Chuck, I stopped at TJ and picked up a bottle of red and a bottle of white. If there is any downside to this product, it's the instructions. Once you've used it, there isn't much to it, but the first time it would be nice to have instructions with words, not just illustrations with a short caption in multiple languages. Other than that, I love this thing. I took my time making sure I look at the illustration, then the bottle and wine system. It didn't take but a minute or two to have it operational, but when you're trying out something new with an argon gas cartridge, you like to have your ducks in a row. The one step I messed up on is once you puncture the cork, the next instruction says to quickly press the lever and repeat. I didn't pay attention to the bottle being held over a glass and had it standing on my table. Needless to say, it shot (dribbled) a bit of wine. I moved to the kitchen counter and tilted the bottle and repeated the lever press. Two presses and I had enough in the glass to sip. I pulled the insert up out of the bottle as illustrated and rinsed it under cold water. Works great. It comes with a nice box that's molded to hold the unit or it has a bag that can be used. I guess there is one more downside. I see online that I can get the argon gas refills just about anywhere that sells wine and the major online retailer, but Best Buy doesn't stock them locally, at least not at my two locations. Kind of a bummer since I can get them in 2 days from another retailer and not for 8 for BB. Overall, if you enjoy a glass of wine and don't like having to uncork a bottle and letting it air out, this system is for you. A bit pricey, but you'll enjoy it.

I must admit – I was pretty skeptical of a device that forces a steel needle through an unopened wine bottle and uses Argon gas to force the wine out. My mom and dad stopped by for a weekend visit so I thought it would be a perfect time to test it out! I had just received my Coravin Model 2 earlier that day – and hadn’t even opened it up yet. I grabbed a bottle of wine, the Coravin box and opened it up right in front of them. Mom thought it was a drone. Good grief. I inserted one of the two Argon capsules into the handle and screwed it shut tight. A quick flick of the pour lever allowed the system to purge itself. I clamped the Coravin 2 on the brand new wine bottle – with the foil still intact over the cork, and pushed the needle effortlessly down through the cork. Holding the bottle at approximately a 45 degree angle and pressing the lever, wine effortlessly flowed into the wine glass as my mom giggled with glee! Success! I poured her a glass, removed the needle from the cork and the wine bottle was sealed up nice and tight – no drips or anything as I held it upside down to check and see. Dad inspected the bottle and the single needle hole puncture through the foil cork wrapper. Pretty. Frickin. Cool. Cons – you need a supply of Argon capsules as each one works for about 15 glasses of wine (about $18 for 2). Why Argon? Argon has been used for year to extend the life of wines without tainting the flavor of the wine. Overall – very impressed. Clever design. Carry bag included. If you know someone who is a wine lover and keeps a small cellar of wines at home or you yourself have the taste for wine and like to sample from various bottles at a sitting – this is the perfect gift!

Works perfectly, Great quality! A little pricey, but you get what you pay for.

If you like a glass of wine from time to time, but hate to possibly waste a whole bottle by opening it and not drinking it, then the Coravin Model Two meets that purpose. It is easy to setup, the needle goes through the cork smooth and it is easy to pour a glass or two while maintaining the corks integrity on the bottle. However, for the price of the device and the requirement of the Argon canisters, I find it hard to bite. With proper practice to avoid waste of the gas, you can get fifteen 5 oz. pours per capsule. This then leads to some very slow pours as you realize that when you tip the bottle up you may be wasting gas and when you are about 2 glasses left on a bottle, you might as well open it with a corkscrew as you are guaranteed to waste more gas then. If you drink wine often and go through a bottle within a short timeframe, all this is doing is adding a cost per glass. Though I am not a wine connoisseur, I don’t think the oxidization is going to destroy the wine in a day. But, if you want a glass of a specific bottle today, and then a glass of the same bottle next week, this will certainly preserve that flavor for you and extend the life of the wine. Take note that this will only work on bottles with real cork wood corks and not synthetic or rubber corks.