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Automated Wine Pouring System
Greetings fellow Winos!
My store has recently installed an automated wine pouring system. For those of you not familiar with it, it is a self-serving system where you purchase a card and the machine will deduct funds from the card with each wine pour. The reasons we've installed the system was that it preserves wines for up to 21 days, and thus saving us from spoilage. Also, during busy periods, we are unable to have someone at the bar at all times to pour; this system allows the bar to be open during store hours rather than certain times.
We've been having mixed reactions to the new system. I bring the discussion to the Young Winos: name the pros and cons of this automated system. Also, are you for it or against it?
My store has recently installed an automated wine pouring system. For those of you not familiar with it, it is a self-serving system where you purchase a card and the machine will deduct funds from the card with each wine pour. The reasons we've installed the system was that it preserves wines for up to 21 days, and thus saving us from spoilage. Also, during busy periods, we are unable to have someone at the bar at all times to pour; this system allows the bar to be open during store hours rather than certain times.
We've been having mixed reactions to the new system. I bring the discussion to the Young Winos: name the pros and cons of this automated system. Also, are you for it or against it?
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Permalink Reply by Jason on -
I LOVE the enomatic machines! They provide the possibility of trying wines that would otherwise be unavailable. The only downside I see is the cost (both for the machines and what is typically charged for a 1-oz pour), but the accessibility trumps that in my opinion.
In fact, I have been making my own version of the machine at home. Question for you: do they continually top-off inert gas or do they just add it once to the bottle?
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Permalink Reply by Amy on -
Only after a pour is made, then it is topped off with inert gas. It does not exert again until another pour is made.
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Permalink Reply by Jason on
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OK, that answers my question. Thanks! I wasn't sure if it did it only once or every time it pours.
Do you happen to know how much it adds each time? With argon and blends, you're supposed to create a layer over the wine surface, not necessarily fill the entire volume. Does the enomatic just attempt to fill the whole air volume with inert gas?
Looking at one the other day, I didn't seen an obvious way for gas to be added to the bottle. There seems to be only one tube, and that goes to the bottle of the liquid.
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Permalink Reply by Amy on
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Our machines spray gas into the bottle simultaneously as the wine pours out into the glass. If you look at the machine where the top of the bottle is lodged, there is an opening for the tube. The tube that you see, is put into the bottle and the rest is then put into the unit. If you push the tube into the unit far enough, it'll actually exert inert gas.
I can say that the enomtaic doesn't fill the entire bottle because that's just a waste. Ideally you need just enough to create a barrier, one inch give or take, that will cover the surface of the wine. More than that won't hurt it, but it really doesn't secure it any more. The argon gas is more dense than atmospheric air, so it'll sit right atop of the wine.
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