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Coravin Vintage Needle
Coravin Vintage Needle
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Coravin™ Needles are specially designed to pierce through natural or agglomerated cork and allow you to pour wine without opening the bottle. The thinner design of the Vintage Needle is ideal for older vintage bottles in your collection. It provides a gentle insertion through potentially fragile corks. All Coravin Needles are made of stainless steel with a non-stick coating, providing durability and easy insertion for hundreds of pours. Not compatible with the Pivot® Wine Preservation System.
About Ian Blackburn
Ian discovered the wine industry at the ripe age of 21 while working for famous chefs such as Thomas Keller and then at 24 for Joachim Splichal in Los Angeles’ top dining rooms. The discovery of wine and his endless need for knowledge quickly engulfed Ian’s life, and his passion redirected his career from restaurants and hotels to vineyards and education. In 1995 LearnAboutWine.com was born, becoming the first website dedicated to wine education.
With over 25-years of experience traveling the wine world, Ian is a published author (Wiley Publications, 2002), has 10 vintages of top level winemaking on his resume at Beekeeper Cellars, and is considered one of the region's best wine educators. Ian’s push to evolve and his ability to pivot has produced a strata of new concepts such as, ZoomIntoWine.com (virtual education), MerchantofWine.com (the family’s online wine store), and now the return of in-person gatherings with LearnAboutWine.com - using all the great gathering spots in LA as potential venues.