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Written by TalkingDrinks

Thursday, 02 October 2008

This story caught my eye in this morning's Metro newspaper. Some clever clogs has invented a gadget that apparently turns cheap plonk into the equivalent of oak-aged vintage stuff. Surely this has to be too good to be true.

The Ultrasonic Wine Ager can, according to its inventor Casey Jones, recreate the effects of decades of ageing in just half an hour and can turn a £3.99 bottle of wine into a "finest bottle of vintage". It even works with whisky, he reckons.

How, I hear you cry? Well here comes the science bit - the gadget uses ultrasound to collide alcohol molecules, thus inducing an artificial ageing process.

Still baffled? So am I. I have to admit that I was immediately tempted to go out and buy one to give it a whirl. Until I clocked the £350 price tag.

Mind you, if it does do exactly what it says on the tin, it could prove quite an investment. (At this point I would do the maths, but unfortunately I'm no mathematician).

I'm not going to rush out and buy one though. Call me a cynic, but I don't want to run the risk of ending up with a £350 dent in my credit card bill, a gadget that looks like an ordinary wine cooler (which it does), a disgruntled liver and a lack of enamel on my teeth. If anyone does give it a try though, please let me know - it's coming to a supermarket near you soon...

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Casey Jones said:

	Claire So confident am I that you would not be disppointed, I'll give you a 100% money back guarantee! Yes it looks like a cooler, but a very elegant, top quality stainless steel cooler. But so far I haven't had one person (and I've tested it on hundreds - including connoiseurs) that haven't been astounded by the difference.
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graeme said:

	hey, it's the inventor himself! this sounds really amazing, i'd love to give it a try myself. Can i just ask, why does colliding the alcohol molecules make it age though?
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