A fining formulation/agent contains pectin, particularly, low-methoxy pectin, and yeast extract. A method of fining beverages, particularly beers and wines, including adding the fining formulation/agent to a beverage, particularly during a fermented beverage manufacturing process.

A fining formulation/agent contains pectin, particularly, low-methoxy pectin, and yeast extract. A method of fining beverages, particularly beers and wines, including adding the fining formulation/agent to a beverage, particularly during a fermented beverage manufacturing process.

A wine aerator for expediting the breathing of wine just before serving having a main body 4 in a barrel shape with a flat bottom 20 and a flat top 22, the main body 4 defining a wine aeration chamber 24 where wine mixes with air to aerate the wine, a wine exit tube 6 connected to the wine aeration chamber 24 and extending substantially straight from the flat top 22, the wine exit tube 6 having an exit tube central axis and lying in an wine exit tube plane 34, an exit tube cork 16 is configured to seal the wine exit tube 6 configured to be inserted into and seal the exit tube 6, a wine inlet tube 8 connected to the aeration chamber and extending from a side of the main body 4, the inlet tube 8 is substantially perpendicular to the exit tube 6, a right elbow tube 10 having a first end and a second end, a first opening is connected to the wine inlet tube 8, the right elbow tube 10 bends at 90 degrees, a wine bottle tube 12 connected to the second opening of the right elbow tube 10, the wine bottle tube 12 having a wine bottle tube central axis 35, and the wine inlet tube 8, the right elbow tube 10, the wine bottle tube 12 and the wine bottle tube central axis 35 lying in a wine bottle tube plane, wherein the exit tube plane 34 is perpendicular to the wine bottle tube plane 36; and a wine bottle connector 14 configured to connect a wine bottle opening 32 to the wine bottle tube 12. A method of aerating wine using the wine aerator.

An apparatus includes a body having a length extending from a first end to a second end. The body defines a bore extending through the entirety of the body and at least one of a plurality of grooves or holes around the bore. The body has a length that is dimensioned to be received entirely within a neck of a container.

An apparatus includes a body having a length extending from a first end to a second end. The body defines a bore extending through the entirety of the body and at least one of a plurality of grooves or holes around the bore. The body has a length that is dimensioned to be received entirely within a neck of a container.

A method of preserving a liquid in a container comprises connecting a fluid flow line between a headspace of the container and a pressure modifying means and performing an operating cycle of the pressure modifying means during which the dynamic pressure in the fluid flow line is measured and compared to an initial target dynamic pressure value Pt. At the end of the operating cycle, a static pressure is measured in the fluid flow line and a pressure correction Pcorr is applied to the initial target dynamic pressure value to obtain an updated target dynamic pressure value Pt′ for use in a subsequent operating cycle of the pressure modifying means. The pressure modifying means may be a vacuum pump for the preservation of still wines, or a gas supply for the preservation of sparkling wines. A corresponding system is also disclosed.

A method of preserving a liquid in a container comprises connecting a fluid flow line between a headspace of the container and a pressure modifying means and performing an operating cycle of the pressure modifying means during which the dynamic pressure in the fluid flow line is measured and compared to an initial target dynamic pressure value Pt. At the end of the operating cycle, a static pressure is measured in the fluid flow line and a pressure correction Pcorr is applied to the initial target dynamic pressure value to obtain an updated target dynamic pressure value Pt′ for use in a subsequent operating cycle of the pressure modifying means. The pressure modifying means may be a vacuum pump for the preservation of still wines, or a gas supply for the preservation of sparkling wines. A corresponding system is also disclosed.

Many embodiments described herein prevent an aged spirit from degrading due to the oxygen trapped in the headspace without the use of a pump. The aged spirit preservation system may have a cork with an open top, an open bottom, and a channel extending from the open top to the open bottom. The cork may be sized couple to an internal portion of a bottle. The system may even include a sealing device coupled to an outer portion of the cork between the open top and the open bottom. Additionally, the system may include a replaceable cartridge containing an adsorbent media, iron, a salt, and a color-changing indicator. Oxygen from the bottle may be allowed to enter the cartridge and react with the iron via a non-reversible reaction, thereby preventing the degradation of the spirit.

Many embodiments described herein prevent an aged spirit from degrading due to the oxygen trapped in the headspace without the use of a pump. The aged spirit preservation system may have a cork with an open top, an open bottom, and a channel extending from the open top to the open bottom. The cork may be sized couple to an internal portion of a bottle. The system may even include a sealing device coupled to an outer portion of the cork between the open top and the open bottom. Additionally, the system may include a replaceable cartridge containing an adsorbent media, iron, a salt, and a color-changing indicator. Oxygen from the bottle may be allowed to enter the cartridge and react with the iron via a non-reversible reaction, thereby preventing the degradation of the spirit.

A hollow expansion chamber of the present invention is configured to temporarily contain an expansion of bubbles during an aeration process for aerating a liquid, where a chamber body of the expansion chamber has an oblate spheroid shape. When moving circumferentially downward along the chamber body starting from a maximum inside diameter, the oblate spheroidal shape of a bottom portion has a first integral transition that is a tangential transition to a first frustoconical shape. Continuing moving circumferentially downward, the first frustoconical shape has a second integral transition to a cylindrical extension. The cylindrical extension at a distal end has a bottom opening configured to fit within an opened bottleneck. The first frustoconical shape has a minimum angle of 15 degrees relative to a horizontal plane. The second integral transition is a radial second integral transition having an inside surface radius of at least 0.25 inches.