Hi there- I am a sommelier in Los Angeles at The Pacific Dining Car, and purchased one of your Vinturi wine aerators yesterday at The Wine House. I had originally seen this at Wente Vineyards up in Livermore and put it in the back of my mind to get one at some point. It was good timing yesterday, as I was headed to a private luncheon with Dan Duckhorn and a handful of LA sommeliers. No one knew what the Vinturi was nor had they ever seen it, so it was fun to play "show and tell". Skeptics stopped being skeptical when they tasted what it did for the very young "Migration" Pinot Noir from Duckhorn. The overly youthful, oaky tannins on the finish were GONE! The wine's finish was elegant and subtle, like the more expensive "Goldeneye" Pinot that Duckhorn produces. The young Merlots also softened and improved after being Vinturiated. Just wanted you to know. Thought I'd pass it along. Great work over there! Cheers!

—Jonathan Mitchell, Wine Director/Sommelier: The Pacific Dining Car

I decided to test vinturi with ten long-time vinophiles. Each wine was tried with and without the vinturi. To a person, men and women both, it was agreed that this sleek little piece of art, made a world of difference in taste! The aroma and flavor of each wine was exceptionally better when poured through the Vinturi first.

—Rob W. www.365corks.com

Your vinturi is wonderful! I was first introduced to it here in Corona Del Mar at the popular five crowns restaurant. A friend and I had gone in for dinner and he brought along a special bottle of cabernet from his cellar. The wine steward insisted that we decant it by using her newly purchased vinturi. Wow! We tested it both ways and there was no comparison. I've bought several to give to my wine cossoisseur friends.

—Kent Moore California

We tried our new Vinturi aerator this evening on a bottle of stags leap cabernet sauvignon. My husband and I were IMMEDIATELY aware of the substantial difference in the aerated and non-aerated glasses. It is remarkable! The characteristics of the nose were improved and the tannins much more subtle in the Vinturi glass. You’ve won us over and we will be sharing your product with our wine-loving friends. Thank you for such a wonderful creation.

—Joe and Paula B., San Diego, CA

I decided to test drive the Vinturi tonight and I had my neighbor test it out, as well. We both agreed the Vinturi treated wine samples were much smoother. In fact, she liked it so much she downed three extra glasses of cabernet, is now lying in my bed, and yelling at me to get my ass off the computer and shouting "take me now or lose me forever." I gotta go (really, I gotta go NOW). Thank YOU, Vinturi!

—Steve S., Carmel Valley, CA

A friend told me about Vinturi and I thought he was pulling my leg. I ordered one and it is INCREDIBLE. I had a family gathering on Sunday and asked everyone (in a blind test) which of these two wines they like better. Both were the same wine from the same bottle. Well, 100% everyone chose the wine that was "vinturized". Then it became the greatest conversation piece. Excellent product!

—Jose M., Miami, FL

I received my Vinturi this afternoon, and as customary I visited my regularly scheduled Thursday night wine tasting. I thought to myself, if this device works it’s worth twice the price if not well I've got a great conversation piece. I was doubtful, I’ve been drinking wine for 20 years and I’d like to think that I have a fairly well developed palate. So I figured my regular wine tasting would be a great place to test the effectiveness of the product.

Well to my shock the product worked, and it worked well, well beyond my expectations. We did all our tastings with and without the Vinturi and there was a very BIG difference. More so than we could have imagined. It even made a Barolo that had been decanting for about an hour all that much better. The slurping sound as the wine goes through the Vinturi is an extra treat and sounds so cool!

As good as my palate is, I was not satisfied with my personal results. I had to try it out on a few others. Every tasting was blind; no one new which glass had wine poured through the Vinturi and which was straight from the bottle or decanter. 100% of the time a difference for the better was noted with the glass of wine that had been through the Vinturi, so much so that 4 out of the 20 tasters felt the two glasses were from different bottles of wine. those 20 people included two distributors from southern wine and spirits, two restaurant owners, 6 waiters, 6 educated (about wines) patrons and 4 random patrons with little or no wine experience. The comments I received were: AMAZING! INCREDIBLE! AWESOME! WOW! UNBELIVEABLE!

—Alex P., Miami, FL

This unique tool enables wine to "open up" and reveal the bouquet, mouthfeel and taste in much less time than uncorking or decanting normally. 100bestwines highly recommends this product and every wine lover should own one!

—Michael Zanatta 100bestwines.com