Wine storage and preservation device

摘要

Devices and methods for extracting fluids from within a container scaled by a cork or septum without removal of the cork or septum or the contamination of the fluid within the container by reactive gases or liquids. Embodiments can include a needle connected to a valve connected to a source of pressurized gas for displacing the fluid. Further embodiments can comprise additional components that act to force the needle to be inserted through the cork or septum along a linear path, to aid in preventing buckling of the needle, to clamp the device to the container, to prevent expulsion of the cork or septum from the container, and to guide the needle through a specified region of the cork or septum. Various valves, pressure regulators, pressure ranges, needle geometries, gas selections are also presented. This device is particularly suited for the dispensing and preservation of wine.

主权项

1. A method of extracting fluid from within a wine bottle containing wine that is sealed by a standard wine bottle cork comprising the steps of:
inserting at least one needle through the standard wine bottle cork and into the wine bottle while the wine bottle remains sealed by the cork, the at least one needle having at least one lumen and the cork sealing the wine in the wine bottle in an undisturbed state since bottling of the wine; injecting a gas into the wine bottle through a lumen of the at least one needle to introduce pressurized gas into the wine bottle; removing wine from the wine bottle through a lumen of the at least one needle; and removing the at least one needle from the standard wine bottle cork without removing the cork from the wine bottle thereby allowing the cork to reseal such that passage of fluid and gas through the cork after the at least one needle is removed is prevented.