|
Metrokane Houdini Decanter with Wine Shower Funnel and Sediment Strainer | 
| Brand: Metrokane
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: $39.95
as of 9/6/2010 04:00 PDT details
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 68138
Color: off-white
Size: 10-Inch
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 8.7 x 9.5
Model: 2500
UPC: 022578025001
EAN: 0022578025001
ASIN: B002Q4TSPQ
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
| |
| Features:
| • | 3 piece set: hand blown decanter, sediment strainer, wine shower funnel | | • | Decanter: 48-ounce capacity, bottom is inset for ease of pouring, hand blown and lead free crystalline quartz | | • | Sediment shower: remove sediment in red wine by placing the strainer in the shower funnel before pouring wine into the decanter | | • | Wine shower funnel: creates a shower when decanting wine; allows wine to absorb more oxygen in a shorter time; serve immediately after decanting | | • | Beauty and function in one set |
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Metrokane, founded in 1983, produces the world's leading line of wine accessories, including the famous Rabbit corkscrew, and continues to develop a host of fresh and innovative tools. This Houdine decanter with wine shower funnel and sediment strainer is a perfect set for red wines. The decanter is made from hand blown lead-free crystalline quartz, is indented in the bottom for ease of use and has a capacity of 48 ounces. The sediment strainer is placed in the shower funnel prior to decanting to help remove the sediments from an aged bottle of wine. Pour the wine through the wine shower funnel to help oxygenate the wine. Watch it shower down the sides of the decanter. This is truly a beautiful and functional set all in one.
|
| Customer Reviews:
 Love it! Dont worry about drying rack April 16, 2010
Diamond Cobra
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The decanter works as intended and its very nice. As for drying, I didnt like some of the comments and was worried about how i was going to dry it. My solution was to invert it into a $2 64oz glass beer stein I have (I think from Target). The stein is heavy and stable and the neck of the decanter doesnt reach all the way to the bottom while the mouth of the stein holds the base of the decanter. Plus they are both in my bar at home, so no unncessary unitaskers. There are a lot of things around the house that will accomplish the same thing - a vase maybe?
Works better than we thought! March 15, 2010
Jeffrey R. Lommel
I know this sounds very cheesy but we actually did a wine tasting after having used the decanter and the filter. Each and every person chose the wine that was used from this product. I would buy this again if I ever needed another one.
Excellent Decanter with bonus pieces August 5, 2010
A. Franklin (New York, NY)
For the same price of other hand-blown wine decanters, the Houdini also includes a piece that makes the wine shower down (improving performance) and a filter. Absolutely love mine and have already gifted it for another (great gift!). A decanter really does make any bottle of wine taste better. i bought it for my homemade wine, but have been using it on all bottles from the store as well.
 It really works! February 3, 2010
R. Schneider
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I purchased two of these as Christmas presents; one for a son that is into quality wines and another for myself and my wife. I have done a number of tests, where I open a bottle of red wine and pour some directly into one glass and then pour the remainder of the bottle into the houdini decanter through the funnel/strainer. Then I pour some from the decanter into a second glass. The difference in taste is amazing.
I highly recommend the funnel-decanting process to everyone as a way of improving the flavor and taste of red wines.
Now for the downsides. The houdini decanter works great at improving taste, but it is really hard to clean and hard to store. I end up hand washing it and balancing it upside down on a kitchen towel between a number of things to aid in the drying. Then I have to find a special place to store the decanter, as it takes up a lot of room.
If I were to do this over again, I will look for a decanter that probably doesn't have as broad a base and has some kind of cap to it so that it can store wine for the next night.
Still, I use this decanter-strainer combination most weeks and am really glad I purchased it. My son also love the one we got for him. As a result it was worth it, as it makes a $5-$12 bottle of red wine taste like a much more expensive bottle of wine.
 About what I expected May 17, 2010
J. Bigelow (Richmond, VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Overall a nice inexpensive decanter. The strainer is nice but the glass is a little cloudy. If you want to just use this for serving it is fine but if you want to leave the decanter out for display I would recommend buying a more expensive one.
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. cookingtoolworld.com & shop2world.com | |
