Wine | Wand

Okay, before I start this, first let me say: I don’t judge. If you think you’re a connoisseur and you like collecting random, unique (read: gimmicky) items because they’re new and/or claim to be great, good for you. But, at some point, it can get out of hand. Especially when it comes to alcohol. Personally, I like my drink simple. And natural. If I pour a glass of scotch, I make it on the rocks with water (i.e., no whisky stones). If I open a bottle of red wine, I try to let it sit and breathe for a while before I pour a glass. If there’s no time for that, I at least try to use the right glass. And, if there are no “right” glasses around, then I accept my fate and move on. Basics, people. However, I can’t deny that my curiosity was piqued when I come across a press release for the Philip Stein Wine Wand, which claims to use “permanently embedded natural frequencies” (including oxygen) to aerate your wine in a mere two to five minutes. You can either use a short wand placed directly in your wine glass, or a long wand placed directly into the wine bottle. As luck would have it, the wand is also supposed to work with scotch and other dark-hued liquors. Which is nice, considering that it costs between $325 and $525 for each wand, and it’d be kind of a bummer to have to buy multiple wands for all your different libations. But, then, I haven’t tried them. Maybe they really are worth the money. So, test them out and let me know? www.philipstein.com