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But this machine, after 15 years development by Hiroshi Tanaka, takes just 15 seconds to effect aging qualities to a wine. The machine works by pumping wine and tap water through a specially designed electrolysis chamber equipped with wafer-thin platinum electrodes. The water and the wine are separated by an ion exchange membrane — the key component, for which Tanaka holds the patent.
Without diluting the wine, the electrolysis causes a rapid rearrangement of the hydrogen and oxygen atoms around the alcohol molecules, which would normally take place over years if the wine were ageing naturally. It is also to be used on cheap whiskies and coffee.
The machine is expected to be released commercially in the new year. Even the Mondavi winery has requested trial results.
Me, sceptical? Yep indeed.
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10-12-2005 @12:52AM Dmnkly said... Heh... saw another similar device in the always entertaining SkyMall Magazine while flying to Cleveland this past weekend.
So... do they ruin wines that deteriorate with age? Or, since all aged wines reach a peak before declining, should some wines go through the machine for 2.3 seconds while others go through for 8.9 seconds?
Just askin' :-)
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10-12-2005 @4:00AM Ed Charles said... One Friday evening a few of us ran an experiment to improve dodgy wine and found 5-10 secs in the microwave worked pretty well. try it.
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