I tested genius wine gadget that can ‘age’ cheap plonk in seconds… it doubled the ‘price’ of Aldi’s cheapest red wine
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THERE’S no denying that once you get just one taste of delicious, pricey wine, it’s never quite the same when you crack open that £4.99 bottle of red from the offy again. But what if that cheap bottle of plonk could taste like a £50 vintage red perfect for Christmas?.
That's the bold mission statement behind a genius new gadget, dubbed the Winewizard, that has been sweeping dinner parties by storm. The three-in-one aerator costs £49.95, and is scientifically proven to dramatically improve any bottle by replicating the ageing and decanting process.
Backed by the UK’s leading wine institution, Plumpton College, it uses micro-oxygen methods to boost wine’s flavour, and make it taste much more expensive. But how does it really stack up against supermarket wines - and which ones fare the best?. We got drinks expert Joe Wadsack to do a blind taste test of some of the cheapest wines around after they’d been sprayed with the Winewizard to see which are worth splashing out on.
Even after the Winewizard had been used, this red smelt quite cheap. It was a bit jammy, and tasted like it might have been acidified slightly for balance. It had a pretty sound finish, but was quite short and very uncomplex. Winewizard price: £6. Price increase: 3%.
This wine had quite a simple palette, but smelled a bit more leafy, and herbaceous, like a damp autumn, rather than sitting on a deck chair in Mexico. There was a nice purity of fruit, and it was very sweet, but I was also getting some hints of residual sugar, which would’ve been added to make the wine taste better, so I didn’t think it was expensive, even after the Winewizard had been used on it.