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The Respirer is pronounced Res-pea-air (French for breathe). All of these devices appear to be invented in the USA, made in China, and named by a Frenchman. Nothing against Frenchmen, but the USA has enough trouble asking for cabbernuts and peanut noy-er
This device, as the Soiree, lives up to the promise of allowing the wine to breathe in this crackn’n'pour society. I had a criticism of the Soiree which is it seemed a bit fragile and should come with a case so that you could bring it to a restaurant. Thank you Respirer for answering that call. This device is both more durable (made out of a thick plastic instead of glass) and comes with a case. This is definitely a device I would bring to a restaurant. Let me rephrase, this is a device I WILL bring to a restaurant. Thank you.
But as much as this is great news, there are a couple of small issues. This device makes some noise, and a strange one at that. It is a kind of sucking gurgling sound that is hard to emulate. I will use this at a restaurant, but if it is very quiet I will probably look around to see who was listening. Also, compared to the Soiree, this item is a bit kludgy (for lack of a better term). The Soiree nicely fit in the bottle without falling out and from there it was a one handed operation. This device requires you to hold it over a wine glass and pour with the other hand. You can then put the Respirer in a little holder or on top of your wine bottle, but it does not fit snugly on the bottle top so this could fall out rather easily.
Good review although I would disagree about the Soiree as far as not replacing it with the Respirer but would agree that the Soiree is a bit fragile. I am a bit prejudiced as I am a sales rep for the Respirer. Two points: 1) The noise the Respirer makes is unavoidable as it is air injecting from the air intake channel into the pressure chamber where the actual aeration of the wine occurs. 2) The Respirer ’s not fitting snugly into the bottle is by design so that it is not possible to pour from the bottle through the Respirer into a glass. The actual purpose for putting it on the top of the bottle is so the residual wine drains back into the bottle thus avoiding mucking up the stand. I like your blog and am going to add it to my blog roll. All the best!
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