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This Device Lets Wine Lovers Try a Sample Without Popping the Cork

Greg Lambrecht's invention is offering wine buffs a taste of what's to come.
Source: Ben Alsop

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Greg Lambrecht, inventor of medical devices, serial entrepreneur and founder of Burlington, Mass.-based Coravin, maker of the Coravin 1000 Wine Access System, which uses a needle and inert gas to extract wine from a bottle without removing the cork. 

“Aha” moment

A wine collector, Lambrecht wanted to conduct side-by-side tastings of similar wines but did not want to open multiple bottles

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