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Air is what dulls an opened bottle. The Mini Wine Stopper twists into the neck and closes it airtight, so the second half is still worth pouring days later.
Push the stopper into the neck and twist the top clockwise. Four steel balls press outwards against the inside of the glass and the twist stops turning when it is locked, so you can feel it grip rather than guess.
A single seal ring with three silicone layers presses against the inside of the neck and closes the bottle airtight. It is leak-proof, so the bottle can lie on its side without a drip.
One push, one twist, and the bottle goes away. Nothing to time, charge or remember before you put it back in the fridge.
The part that meets the wine is food-grade silicone, on a durable plastic body. Rinse it under the tap, leave it to dry, use it again the next evening for as long as you own it.
The stopper is about the size of a bottle cap, so a sealed bottle takes up no more room than an open one. Because the seal holds in any position, the bottle can stand in the fridge door or lie flat on a shelf without a drip. It stays on the bottle between pours, which is the only reason a stopper ever really gets used instead of ending up in a drawer.
Air is what flattens an opened bottle. The fruit fades first, then the finish turns dull, and after a couple of days on the counter most of what you liked about it has gone. Closing the bottle airtight slows that down, so a bottle opened on Friday is still worth pouring midweek. It turns a bottle you have to finish into one you can take your time with.
How the mini stopper compares
| Original cork | Vacuum pump | Lindner & Co | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Closes the neck airtight | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Locks into the neck with a twist | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Holds the seal with the bottle on its side | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Nothing to pump or time before the bottle goes away | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| No separate device to store or lose | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Reusable for years and rinses clean | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
You push the stopper into the bottle neck and twist the top clockwise. That pushes four internal steel balls outwards to grip the glass, while a three-layer silicone seal ring closes the opening airtight. Twist the other way to unlock and lift it out.
Sealed and kept cool, most whites and roses hold up well for several days and lighter reds for a few. The stopper closes the bottle airtight to slow oxidation. It does not remove the air already inside the bottle, so the wine will still change slowly over time.
Keep turning the top clockwise until it will not turn any further, roughly a half turn. You will feel the resistance build and then stop. If it still spins freely or you can lift the stopper straight out, it is not locked yet, so give it another turn before you lay the bottle down.
It fits standard wine bottle necks with an inside opening of roughly 18-19 mm, which covers most still wine bottles. Necks do vary between producers, so a small number of bottles with unusually thick or narrow glass will not take it. It is not made for magnums, decanters or anything carbonated.
No. Sparkling wine builds pressure inside the bottle and this stopper is not built to hold it, so the pressure can push it back out. Use a dedicated sparkling wine stopper for those bottles.
A screw cap works, if you still have it and it goes back on straight. Most people lose the cap or bend the thread on the way off, and a cork almost never goes back in properly once it has swollen. This locks into the neck the same way every time and holds the seal with the bottle on its side, which a loose cap will not.
If it doesn't keep your opened wine fresh, send it back and we'll refund every cent. No questions, no hassle.
My husband doesn't drink at all, so a bottle is just me. I'd get two glasses in on a Tuesday and the rest would be sour by the weekend. Twisted this in, poured a glass Friday night, tasted the same as it did on the Tuesday.
Wrapped the bottle in a tea towel and laid it flat in my bag. Twenty minute drive across town and there was nothing in the bottom of the bag when I got there. We finished it at hers and it hadn't gone dull on me either.
Push, twist, back in the fridge. Faster than getting the cork out in the first place.
The original cork stopped going back in straight a long time ago, so the bottle had to stand upright and I'd still get a flat glass the next evening. This one you twist until it stops turning, and then it's properly solid in the neck.
Our kitchen is about the size of a cupboard, so an open bottle standing up was always in the way of something. It lives in the fridge door now, lying flat next to the milk, and I don't think about it again until the next glass.
First one was a birthday present for my sister and she took to it straight away, so I got one for mum and one for me. The box is slim and looks decent enough to hand over without much wrapping.
Gave one to my wife's dad, who thinks anything that isn't a cork is a gimmick. He opened a sav blanc on the Sunday, poured a glass on Wednesday night and then rang to ask where I'd bought it. Four days to change his mind.
Bought this in April and it's been used most evenings since, because my partner has one glass and there's always half a bottle left. One edge of the silicone has picked up a faint red tint that won't rinse out, which annoyed me for about a week and then stopped mattering. It grips exactly the same as it did the first night.
Smaller than I had pictured it, about the size of a bottle cap, and I did open the box and think is that it. It also needs a firmer twist than I expected, the first two times I hadn't turned it far enough and it just sat there loose. Once you feel it stop turning it holds fine and I've had no trouble since.
