If you drink red wine, you probably know that it will always taste better, have a better aroma, and have better mouthfeel if it is given the chance to breathe before being consumed. This, however, takes time. There are plenty of tschotschkes available for wine drinkers which promise to aerate the wine more rapidly, but if you read the various reviews of these around the Internet you’ll discover quickly that they don’t exactly work well, if at all.

In comes the Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator. I was skeptical, but I used it with a decent bottle of red wine a few months ago and it works great. I smelled it and took a sip without having used it, then poured a glass through the Vinturi and did the same. The difference was noticeable, even to someone who isn’t overly familiar with wine. Using what I can best describe as magic, it instantly aerates the wine by pulling air in and mixing it with the wine as it funnels through the Vinturi. You simply hold it over the glass, pour the wine in to it, and watch in amazement as it instantly mixes the right amount of air in to your wine. It tastes better, smells better, and feels smoother. I highly recommend that anyone from the true connoisseur to someone who just enjoys a bottle now and then invest in one of these. You will not regret it.