Leak no more

This is not a CD. It is a piece of aluminium foil laminated with plastic.

Before the wine is poured, the foil is folded to fit into the neck of the bottle, like so.

This flexible disc helps to ensure that every drop of wine goes into the glass, and when you stop pouring there is none of that backflow that runs messily over the rim.

Clever ain't it? Of course, wine buffs would already know about this, but umami is very ignorant about wine, so this was an exciting discovery for her.

Comments

[anthony]

Another way is to place the bottle directly on the lips and tilt the bottle upwards. Has a certain rougish panache too.

[toru]

i heard someone say that using too much aluminium foil in cooking leads to higher chances of alzheirmers. Dunno whether it is true

[umami]

Hi Anthony, you are right!

Toru, I've heard that too about aluminium foil, and seldom use it nowadays. In this case, the plastic laminate would act as a protective barrier I think.