Review on 🍷 Coravin Wine Preservation System - 3 Needle Kit for Wine Saver - Replacement Needle Pourers by Tina Stamey

I bought this set after losing an old bottle of wine (1974 Barolo) after only a few days accessing the standard size needle that came with Coravin. The plug is also a little leaky. I hope a thinner needle works much better than the standard size. For the price of Coravin there should have been one in my opinion, and of course I'm not too happy about wasting some good wine. I haven't experimented with that yet. keep for updates. TO UPDATE. Unfortunately, I had no luck with a thinner needle. After my bad experience with a very old 1974 Barolo I decided to try a 1996 Barolo on a Coravin with a freshly bought fine needle. The first glass on the first day was of course good. However, the second glass on the second day already tasted like the wine had started to oxidize but was still drinkable. I missed the third day. By the fourth day the wine had spoiled and was nowhere near drinkable. I cannot attribute this to user error as I did everything as suggested (remove no more than half of the bottle, hold the bottle on its side with the wine touching the cork). From this experience I have to conclude that Coravin is mostly only reliable for later vintages, but with older bottles there is a risk that the cork is no longer in good enough condition to seal properly again. This still makes the system very useful, but a little less than I would have hoped based on the manufacturer's specs and some other reviews here.