Coravin
Coravin, Inc. is a company based in Burlington, Massachusetts, that manufactures products for the wine industry. Its first product, the Coravin Wine Preservation Opener, pours wine without removing the cork from the bottle.
History[edit]
The opener was invented by Greg Lambrecht,[1], who founded Coravin in 2011 with Josh Makower. Nick Lazaris, the former CEO of Keurig, joined as CEO in 2013.[2] It uses a hollowed needle, which is inserted through the cork and fills the bottle with argon gas to pressurize it, and the wine, in turn, is poured through the needle. When the needle is removed from the cork, the latter then reseals, protecting the wine from oxidation and leaving the remaining wine unaffected.[3]
Reception[edit]
- Jancis Robinson, Financial Times, said: "Nothing I know of preserves wine in an opened or 'accessed' bottle for years as this system does."[4]
- Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, called it "ridiculously cool".[5]
By June 2014, 13 complaints had been made of broken bottles following use of the Coravin opener. Coravin's founder estimates that only 1 in 70,000 bottles will break and he attributes the issue to bottles that have been previously dropped and cracked and may fail when pressurized. In response to the complaints, Coravin sent purchasers a neoprene protective sleeve to cover the bottles.[6]
Awards[edit]
The Coravin Wine Preservation Opener has been nominated for and won several awards for recognition in innovation or technology.
- November 2013: Popular Science's “Best of What’s New” in the Home category.[7]
- December 2013: La Revue du vin de France's award for “the most innovative product in the world of wine” for 2013.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Austin, Michael (December 2014). "This Device Lets Wine Lovers Try a Sample Without Popping the Cork". Entrepreneur. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ↑ Zimmerman, Ed (December 12, 2013). "I've Seen the Needle, No Damage Done; How Greg Lambrecht Is Changing the Wine World". The Wall Street Journal (blog). Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ↑ Asimov, Eric (September 3, 2013). "The Coravin Makes Great Wines More Accessible by the Glass". The New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
- ↑ Robinson, Jancis (October 18, 2013). "Coravin: Drinking without Pulling the Cork". Financial Times. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
- ↑ Jolly, Jennifer (December 16, 2013) [December 14, 2013]. "Tech Now: Innovative gadget gifts". USA Today. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ↑ Summers, Nick (September 25, 2014). "Coravin: Greg Lambrecht's corker of a wine idea". Businessweek. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Best of What's New 2013: Home". Popular Science. November 1, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ "L'innovation de l'année: Coravin". La Revue du vin de France. January 9, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
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