Gadget claims to boosts wine's attraction

Thursday, 10 August, 2006
Associated Press

A new wine gadget promises to save pennies and palates by using magnets — yes, magnets — to give brash young wines some polish.

Skeptics scoff, but the Bev Wizard, retailing at $30, is attracting attention in wine circles.

The wizard is the invention of Patrick Farrell, a physician by training who is also a master of wine, a certification administered by the London-based Institute of Masters of Wine that is widely recognized as a rigorous demonstration of expertise.

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