Perfect Red Wine

I have been to the supermarket and to the local shops, bought some very good products and spent most of the day preparing a dinner party for some really good friends. The other half has helped and we have managed not to hit each other "sharing" the kitchen and even the washing up has been done.
Everything is nearly ready, the table is set and I asked the other half to select some wine from the wine rack but for some reason the rack is empty. I didn't realise that we had drunk the last few bottles. (Must have been a good night). Not a problem though because it always makes sense to have some in reserve and there is a new case of my favourite in the garage. Now for some people this would be a problem because red wine in a garage will be cold but I have the solution. A friend had bought me an early Christmas and Birthday present of a Therm au Rouge red wine sleeve which is an excellent invention. Just pop the sleeve around the bottle, click the button and wait a few minutes- the wine is then at the required temperature.

Another brilliant item that I use for wine is the Rouge O2 electronic wine breather. You know when you taste a good wine it is usually smooth and if you are in a posh restaurant they decant the wine into a decanter. Well you can get similar results at home using the Rouge O2 wine breather. Our website stuff4blokes stocked them and I decided to give one a try and thought that it was fantastic. It really made a difference to the wine, made a mediocre bottle of wine into a good bottle of wine. Used it loads of times now and when I don't you can really tell the difference.

A couple of months ago I was driving and listening to Radio 2 when the man that created or invented the wine breather came on the radio to talk about it. Since then there has been a lot of interest in this device but it is amazing that some peopel still do not have one. It is not expensive to buy and it really makes a difference.