Cru or Crud? Part III: The Wine Clip
Our Cru or Crud holiday guide continues, this time exploring the "attractive" world of magnetic wine accessories. Magnets have pulled quite a bit of profit as bracelets, pillows, and almost anything else you can imagine... so why not apply them to wine?
You don't have to know much about wine to know that certain wines taste better with age. But what if you could glean the benefits of ten years of aging in, say, one year? No good? How about one hour? Not even that patient? How about a single pour? If that's more your style, check out the Wine Clip. This handy device clips directly onto the neck of the bottle and, using the power of magnets, instantly produces "a smoother, less-tannic taste" and "a more pleasant aroma" as the wine is poured out of the bottle.
I'll be frank: I'm skeptical. Perhaps it's how the device is claimed to utilize the "highly magnetically susceptible" qualities of oxygen; which, while true of liquid oxygen, is not true of the gas. Or perhaps it's the claim that tannins are somehow "broken up" during their brief trip through the neck of the bottle--which, as fantastical a claim as it is, ignores all the other factors that occur during the aging process. But who knows? If you have $25 and enough positive thinking to will your tannins into submission, this might be the holiday item for you. Head on over to thewineclip.com for more info.
Quattro Vino rating: crud.