Wine Accessories
Most wine accessories are bought, used twice and lost in a drawer. These are the ones that earn their place, grouped by the problem they actually solve.
Vacuum Wine Stopper – Orange
$7.50
Mushroom/Blue Neoprene Wine Bag
$7.00
Grey/Khaki Neoprene Wine Bag
$7.00
Drop Stop, 5 piece package, boxed, Bronze
$9.90
Raspberry/Charcoal Neoprene Wine Bag
$7.00
Brandy-Black 2 Bottle Carrier
$40.00
Milan Free Form Contemporary Decanter
$38.00
Tan/Charcoal Neoprene Wine Bag
$7.00
Cork Pops Royal Bottle Stopper – Copper
$15.00
Royal Wine Bottle Stopper – Chrome
$15.00
Royal Wine Bottle Stopper – Brass
$15.00
Caddy-Faux Leather Single Bottle Wine Carrier
$40.00
Drop Stop 2 pk
$4.95
Zebra Waiters Corkscrew
$8.50
Beer Bag-Camo 6 Bottle Beverage Tote
$40.00
Beer Bag-Black 6 Bottle Beverage Tote
$40.00
Wine Clutch-Copper Brown Single Bottle Wine Tote
$30.00
Brandy 2-Bottle Carrier — Cork
$40.00
Verona Upright Twisted Decanter
$38.00
Cork Pops Replacement Needle
$10.00
Flip Flop Foil Cutter
$7.00
Cork Pops Single Bottle Neoprene Wine Tote
$7.00Getting into the bottle
Foil cutters take the foil off in one twist, level with the lip, so nothing catches the wine as you pour. They cost $7–8 and almost nobody owns one. The magnetic ones live on the fridge, which is the only reason you will ever find it twice.
Serving it properly
An aerator does what a decanter does, during the pour, with nothing to wash afterwards. A chiller holds a white at drinking temperature rather than fridge temperature — which matters more than most people expect, and is covered in our piece on serving temperature.
Keeping what is left
Wine does not spoil because the bottle is open; it spoils because of the air in it. A vacuum saver pulls that air out, so a good bottle lasts days rather than hours. Adjustable stoppers seal the odd-sized bottles nothing else fits, and a champagne recorker holds the fizz overnight, which makes opening a bottle on a Tuesday a reasonable thing to do.
The small stuff
Drip collars catch the run before it reaches the tablecloth. Replacement needles keep an older opener working. Stain remover is worth having before you need it, not after.
All of it is made or specified by the family in Novato, California that invented the air-pressure wine opener in 1961. If you are buying for someone else, start with gifts for wine lovers who have everything.