To accompany your Wine Clip

[Carolyn Tillie]

As reported in the Wine Spectator.

[tryska]

there's something very ghetto about drinking wine through a straw.

[tommy]

"an alternative to aerating wine by swishing it around in your mouth or sucking in air with a mouthful of liquid."

yes yes, taking air into your mouth has proven to be difficult for millions.

Edited December 5, 2003 by tommy (log)

[mdibiaso]

I heard a deluxe model is coming with a battery operated pump so you do not even have to suck yourself. Just put your lips around the top and turn on the switch and it drinks for you. For those of you who would like the deluxe model and can afford I have a suggestion for you while you wait for it to hit the market. Send your bottles to me and I will drink them for you and provide you with complete tasting notes.

[Craig Camp]

Now they can sell mini-wine clips that will slide onto a straw.

[slkinsey]

Maledetti! Camp, you beat me to it!

[tommy]

i'm considering wrapping copper wire around a metal pipe (drilled with a hole or two of course) and connecting the wire ends to an AC outlet, and sucking the wine through that. this should clearly enhance my wine drinking experience.

[slkinsey]

Hmmm... I don't know, Tommy. Would an electromagnet work as well as a rare earth magnet?

One assumes you mean coated copper wire as opposed to bare... otherwise I'm not so sure you'd want to put that metal pipe in your mouth.

[MsRamsey]

Sort of looks like a crack pipe.

[kjohn]

there's something very ghetto about drinking wine through a straw.

Something ghetto-FABULOUS!

[tommy]

Hmmm... I don't know, Tommy. Would an electromagnet work as well as a rare earth magnet?

you haven't seen my pipe.

[Bill Klapp]

There seems to be some real cynicism about the Wine Clip around here. Craig has assured me that it is based upon sound scientific principles, and is sure to work...

[ivan]

i'm considering wrapping copper wire around a metal pipe (drilled with a hole or two of course) and connecting the wire ends to an AC outlet, and sucking the wine through that. this should clearly enhance my wine drinking experience.

Don't use a metal pipe -- you can get a nasty shock. Or, worse, the metal might react with the wine, changing its flavor.

[tommy]

Don't use a metal pipe -- you can get a nasty shock. Or, worse, the metal might react with the wine, changing its flavor.

but you'll concede that there *will* be a difference, yes?

[ivan]

Don't use a metal pipe -- you can get a nasty shock. Or, worse, the metal might react with the wine, changing its flavor.

but you'll concede that there *will* be a difference, yes?

Ok, I'll concede more than that: some wines would be improved. But not any wine you'd have in your possession, of course.

[Carolyn Tillie]

but you'll concede that there *will* be a difference, yes?

Or is it time for another series of experiments?!?!?!

[tommy]

But not any wine you'd have in your possession, of course.

you haven't seen my wine.

[ivan]

But not any wine you'd have in your possession, of course.

you haven't seen my wine.

No.

May I?

[slkinsey]

Don't use a metal pipe -- you can get a nasty shock. Or, worse, the metal might react with the wine, changing its flavor.

but you'll concede that there *will* be a difference, yes?

Definitely. I am sure you'd find the difference positively electrifying!

[tryska]

there's something very ghetto about drinking wine through a straw.

Something ghetto-FABULOUS!

*lol* well it is sporting a little bling-bling.

kinda beats out the plastic striped straws. those would be really ghetto.

[babyluck]

But does it get you drunk faster? (Results extrapolated from extensive testing during 7th grade lunch using ordinary drinking straws suggest it is possible...)

[Craig Camp]

There seems to be some real cynicism about the Wine Clip around here. Craig has assured me that it is based upon sound scientific principles, and is sure to work...

That was sound BUSINESS principles and sure to MAKE money.

[Mark Sommelier]

but you'll concede that there *will* be a difference, yes?

Or is it time for another series of experiments?!?!?!

Don't waste your time with more experiments. There are people here who have formed immutable opinions in advance.

Edited December 9, 2003 by Mark Sommelier (log)

[Craig Camp]

Please no more wine clip stuff. We're trashing straws on this thread.

[Bill Klapp]

Craig, I sent you a Wine Clip for Christmas. Did you get it yet?