Many wine lovers want to enjoy a bottle over a longer period after buying it.
Yet once a wine has been opened, avoiding the effects of oxidation is difficult. Even with convenient preservation products sold commercially, maintaining the wine’s potential over time can be challenging.
Against that backdrop, Inter Holdings Co., Ltd. has developed “Vie-de Vin — Stop Time,” a new wine-preservation product attracting attention as an innovative way to make opened wine last longer.
The product is now being offered directly to consumers at limited pricing through crowdfunding platform CAMPFIRE.
Here are the details.
What Is Vie-de Vin?
Vie-de Vin is a vacuum wine pouch designed to suppress changes in flavor and aroma caused by oxidation after opening and keep wine tasting fresh for more than a month.
Its patented vacuum technology protects opened wine from oxygen and helps prevent deterioration in taste and aroma.
Vie-de Vin was test-marketed to commercial customers in November 2024. It has now been individually packaged for consumer sale, with crowdfunding launched to commemorate the release.
Three Features of Vie-de Vin
- Feature 1: Powerful Vacuum Performance
Vie-de Vin creates a reduced pressure of -0.095 MPa, producing an environment said to be 99.5% free of oxygen—a very high level for a household vacuum container.
According to the Taste & Aroma Strategic Research Institute, a company that develops food consulting services around a database of more than 120,000 taste records and methods for quantifying food flavor, testing of opened wine transferred into the company’s vacuum container found no change in taste after one month under either room-temperature or refrigerated storage conditions.
- Feature 2: Easy to Use
Using Vie-de Vin is simple.
First, remove the check-valve cap from the pouch and transfer the opened wine into it.
Attach the check-valve cap securely while leaving the small upper cap off.
Press the body of the pouch to expel air. When liquid reaches above the check valve, degassing is complete.
For storage, simply attach the small cap. To drink again, remove the cap and pour directly, allowing the wine to be stored without contact with air down to the final drop.
- Feature 3: Low Cost and Space-Saving
Because Vie-de Vin can be reused, it offers a low-cost way to preserve wine without expensive dedicated equipment.
Its compact form also reduces storage-space concerns.
Crowdfunding Rewards
Through the current crowdfunding campaign, Vie-de Vin can be purchased at CAMPFIRE-only pricing in several configurations.
- Two Vie-de Vin pouches: crowdfunding price ¥4,200 including tax; early-bird price ¥3,950
Recommended for preserving leftover wine at home or opening purchased bottles more casually.
- Five Vie-de Vin pouches: crowdfunding price ¥10,150 including tax; early-bird price ¥9,350
Recommended for larger groups or bringing wine to places such as campsites.
Other rewards include:
- Two Vie-de Vin pouches + 24 commercial-use pouches: ¥45,700 including tax, approximately 20% off
- Wine glass with Vie-de Vin logo: ¥3,500 including tax, limited production
- 130 collaboration Vie-de Vin case: ¥55,000 including tax, limited production
These are special prices available only through crowdfunding.
Why not check them out?
Enhance Your Wine Life with Vie-de Vin
Vie-de Vin began commercial test sales in November 2024. It has since been featured in more than 10 media outlets and more than 500 units have been test-sold, mainly to professional sommeliers and food-service workers.
The product has also been introduced at a Japan Sommelier Association event and received favorable responses from professional sommeliers, wine producers, wholesalers, materials trading companies and other industry participants.
For anyone who wants to enjoy an opened wine slowly over a long period, Vie-de Vin offers a new preservation option.
If you are interested, check the crowdfunding page.
Reference
https://camp-fire.jp/projects/816835/view?utm_campaign=cp_po_share_c_msg_mypage_projects_publish
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