The taste test was done blind with the help of Lish (my wife). I knew which glass was the Control and used that as a reference. I also used the tasting process I learned through the BarSmarts program. Granted that is for spirits but it was a huge help.<\/div>\n

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Control
\n– Noise: Raspberry, Melon, Citrus, Earth
\n– Taste: Super dry, acidic, muted fruit, herbs, chalk<\/p>\n

Barrel Charm
\n– Nose: Rich Blueberry, Orange, Brown Sugar, less earth
\n– Taste: Not as dry, muted fruit but different flavors, chalk, less herbs, less acidic
\n– Hypothesis: gas only
\n– Actual: gas w\/ cork<\/p>\n

Wine Glass Charm
\n– Nose: banana, cherry, Earth, Mint
\n– Taste: Not as dry, mellowness, more prominent chalk, acid, slightly off
\n– Hypothesis: full open
\n– Actual: full open<\/p>\n

Grapes Charm
\n– Nose: Brown sugar, cherries, cloves, rich earth, spectrum of rich\/full fruit, more spice
\n– Taste: super dry, chalky, acidic, herbs,
\n– Hypothesis: Gas w\/ cork
\n– Actual: gas only<\/p>\n

Conclusion:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This was both an experiment in Vineyard Fresh as well as how well I know my taste buds. My conclusion is that Vineyard Fresh made a\u00a0noticeable\u00a0difference in the preservation of the wine. My\u00a0palate\u00a0isn’t refined enough to tell if the cork vs. uncorked was a big difference but I could identify the full open bottle. I would recommend the product and would like to do this test in a year or so to see if my palate has improved.<\/p>\n

I would like to thank the wine guys at Holiday Market (Brian and Antonio) for their recommendations on how to run the experiment and suggestion on wine.<\/p>\n

Sweepstakes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

While I did purchase the argon product myself, Vineyard Fresh was nice enough to donate a prize pack of goodies. This includes a corkscrew, hat, t-shirt, wine bags and more. I’ll select one lucky commenter to win the prize pack and my 2nd bottle of Vineyard Fresh. Please post you New Years & booze related resolution for 2013. The contest will close Tuesday (1\/8\/13) at 11:59p.<\/p>\n

Budmo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vineyard Fresh\u00a0is a wine preservative. There are a number of products on the market and this one happens to be my client at my grown-up job. I bought a few bottles off their website and discussed my experiment with them. They were geeked and shared some swag with me too. The experiment was preformed with …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[653],"tags":[187,655,654],"yoast_head":"\n