7 CORAVIN Tips: Use Your CORAVIN Wine System Like a PRO

7 tips and tricks to help you to get an overall better experience out of CORAVIN Wine Preservation System.

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**CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO:
0:00 Introduction
1:15 Tip 1
1:59 Tip 2
2:56 Tip 3
3:52 Tip 4
4:29 Tip 5
5:18 Tip 6
6:17 Tip 7

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[michaelblum]

That is the best coravin video I have seen and I have easily watched over 20 coravin videos. I've had mine for 6 months and have also experienced some slight oxidation. It is very slight, but enough to be noticeable. You convinced me to get the vintage needle and rubber bands. Thank you!

[Natashaz]

Another great video Agness! I'm a Sommelier at a local wine bar and we use the Coravin system exclusively on all of the wines, almost 98 wines. It's an excellent system when used correctly. Thank you for all the tips

[dtonpbac]

Thank you for the great video as always. I also use a Coravin, but every time I use it, I can't help but think there must be a better way. I wonder why we are still relying on such outdated technology.
Considering wine's incredibly long history, it's surprising that a product like Coravin only came out so late. By now, there should have been numerous alternatives but there are still no competition to challenge Coravin's monopoly.
I believe the wine industry has been generally very complacent and lazy in its approach to wine consumption and storage from the customer's perspective. More advanced methods should have been also adopted from the production and distribution stages, but the industry's obsession with tradition often gives the impression that technological advancements are delayed.

[DarthJabba]

Great tips. One more to keep it clean is after a pour, run water over the need and then through the spout and feel for the water coming out of the needle end. That rinses the wine/sugars out. I shake off the water vigorously on both needle and spout end before storing the coravin away.

[MrFreddyd]

Truly one of the best Coravin videos on youtube!

[drmatthewhorkey]

Tip four is pretty essential IMO… I love Coravin but prefer their older, smaller needles as they seal the corks better. The faster flow needles leave bottles vulnerable to oxidation

[meat_loves_wasabi]

Good video... Like to see more videos on wine accessories, glasses, etc

[TheAricko]

One thing you didn’t mention but is very important. Don’t leave the Coravin in the cork any longer than is necessary, and don’t forget it and leave it in overnight. Oxygen will seep into the bottle if you do, and most wines will be ruined. I learned that from experience a few years back.

[a]

Tanks for this very useful video( like all of yours!), didn't know that you could or have to put the bottle horizontal again after using the Coravin system!

[Jimmypolemica]

Thank you for another honest review, Agnes.
I have been giften the Model six a few years ago and I went on buying the vintage needle, as I was experiencing a high rate of oxidized wines.
I also started re-sealing all corks with edible molten wax.
I don't have enough of a sample size to draw further conclusions, but so far I cannot hide my (big) disappointment.
Despite the care, experiments and extra expenses (wax), I still see oxidative failures happening.
I have been collecting some classified Bordeaux, Burgundy Grand Crus, both Brunello's and Barolo's single vineyards, with the goal of setting up blind tastings.. and I honestly don't know if I can trust the Coravin, which should never have been a question.

[maryverzella]

Thank you for your Coravin review...nicely done! However, when I open up a nice bottle of wine i finish it to the last drop, but its the second bottle I can use the Coravin for lol. Cheers young Lady... love all your videos! 🙂

[CaptJMK]

Thanks, just ordered one through your link. Keep up the great vlogs!

[miamilifeandfitness]

great video! A coravin is a must! Ive had it for 8n yrs now! Game Changer!

[clauslindemann]

Great video just what I needed, after taking the leap and buying a coravin. Have been using it on some bottles of ‘a Rina Etna Rosso that you recommended in another video.

Took three glasses in the first week, and the wine stayed fresh. On the second week (half bottle left) the wine became more and more oxidized. Seems to me that as soon as you hit half a bottle, you better finish it, a little disappointing.

Also I know you touch upon it, but I currently have six bottles opened for testing (1 glass from each) and I wonder if they will keep for more than two weeks (wonder and hope.) But there is a limit to how much wine I can drink, so do do you have any tips on what to do if you “popped” a lot of bottles but don’t want them to go bad?

What I used to do was putting the wine in the fridge with a vacuum cork (like the one you show) and then when taking it out, either let it come to the right temperature, or putting it in the microwave for 8 to 10 seconds (I know it sounds crazy, but it works) to come to the right temperature..

I think that even small amounts of wine kept better than what coravin has showed so far. I am contemplating combining the fridge and coravin to see if it will let small amounts of wine keep better.

[laszlokovacs]

i'd like to add a very important thing: Coravin slightly crumbles the cork, so i use an aerator equipped with a fine filter that can filter the small crumbs of cork. It also helps the aeration as the wine is closed. And people appreciate it a lot when their wines are clean and aerated ;) Maybe i's in the video, i will go through it thoroughly later... But the Somm World Championship is live streaming now :)

[rodrigolcarelli]

I've bought two bottles of the same wine. One I extracted one glass with the Coravin and the other one I kept it closed. After 4 weeks I opened the two bottles and did a serie of blind tastes and all times I could tell which one was the Coravin and which one was the fresh opened bottle. But importantly both wines were good to drink.

[gogreenmsu]

Great tips. I have a first generation Coravin, which has been great. I didn’t realize there were smaller gauge needles. I will definitely try those.

I’ve just begun experimenting with RePour as well. Might be nice to see what you think about those sometime!

[hesselkeegstra]

Great video, thanks Agnes.
I recently received a Coravin 6 as present from my lovely wife. A fantastic gift indeed!! Unfortunately, I managed to bend a needle (well, in fact 2 needles...) in the very first session... oops <<insert surprised/sad look here>>. After some necessary self reflection (and reading the manual leaflet 🙃) I realized my error. These newer Coravin models with the "auto clamping" feature somehow allow to do the clamping and needle insertion in a single bad idea.... needle bending is eminent in that way. Clamp first, push needle onto cork (not into!), then flush and prime the system with a short argon burst, next insert needle into the bottle. That mantra is required for a successful Coravin operation 😁

[AShiga]

I use coravin for the expensive bottles and winesave for the cheaper ones - it's far more cost-effective. To avoid leakage after coravin, I leave the bottle upright for 1 or 2 nights before laying down again. That allows the cork to shut back a little, most times enough to not leak at all... Unless we're talking about 20+yrs old wine.

[carlcadregari]

I’m a fan of a silver teaspoon in a bottle of champagne to keep it fresh……😂😂😂😂. I love my Coravin. Just used it on a 46 PX. Clean it every time. I did just open a 2000 Cht. d’Issan for dinner that I took a couple of glasses out about 4/5 months ago, yep did have much more pronounced bottle notes…. But still lovely.