What does a wine lover need more than wine? 109 Cheese and Wine has the answer

All I want for Christmas is a Coravin Wine System (and maybe some cheese). 

For years, the perplexing question troubling wine lovers around the country has been this: how do you preserve wine once the cork has been popped and wine’s nemesis, oxygen, begins to creep in?

Monica and Todd Brown, wine and cheese gurus and the owners of 109 Cheese and Wine have found an answer to this puzzling question, just in time for Christmas. It’s called the Coravin System.

I had the pleasure of attending a Coravin wine tasting at 109 Cheese and Wine last night where this advanced wine pouring system was being demonstrated on some of 109 Cheese and Wine’s very special boutique wines. 

The Coravin™ System gives the wine lover freedom to taste and pour at will without the nagging worry that the bottle will oxidize and the wine inside will become undrinkable (which happens after about 3 days of opening a bottle). 

The system works like this: a thin medical grade needle is inserted into the cork of the wine to access and pour the wine. When the needle is removed, the cork reseals. It’s that simple and that good. The wine will keep its robust flavor and stay fresh for several months.

You don't need to hear the "pop" to be happy. 

The system sells for $299 at 109 Cheese and Wine. Feel free to call them at 203-438-5757 to reserve one for the wine lover on your holiday list, or, better yet, stop into the store and pick one up. 

*Photo credit Todd Brown