Brett H

As a lifetime wine drinker I am always sceptical of devices which claim to augment the experience. However, here we have something which, I must admit rather to my surprise, actually works very well. It is an attractive, obviously well made item which feels fairly robust in the hand.

The experience of trying a glass of newly opened red wine and being initially disappointed is not uncommon. However, normally if allowed to breathe for a while the flavour is greatly enhanced. This is why we are encouraged to open a bottle well in advance to `let it breathe'. The whole flaw with this approach is that the opening to a standard wine bottle is rather small, so the opportunity for air to come in contact with the wine before it is poured, is similarly restricted.

We have used this device on a couple of bottles of wine in the last few days and each time have decanted a bottle of red wine through the Zazzol into a decanter. Quite clearly this device does a very good job of aerating the wine on the way through as it gurgles in a very satisfying manner! However, the proof of the pudding, as it were, is certainly in the eating and the immediate drinking experience is certainly improved as the flavour of the wine is enabled to express itself.

As my wife commented, `Either we have been drinking some very good wine recently or this works very well'. I can assure her that the wine has just been standard, everyday drinking fare. Hence it is this device which has made the difference. It tends to be usual in our household for slightly unusual tools to be banished to the back of the cupboard and forgotten. However, this is not going to happen with this item which I plan to use on every bottle of red wine in future.