Aveine

You’ve likely heard you should “let a wine breathe,” but for your casual wine drinker who’s not familiar with all the ins and outs of wine, this step is easy to overlook — and, besides, how many of us want to wait 10 minutes after opening a bottle to start sipping? However, experts will tell you aerating wine improves the overall flavor, as well as how the type and age of a wine determines how long you need to aerate the bottle. Sound complicated? It is — and that’s why Nicolas Naigeon invented Aveine, the world’s first smart wine aerator.

How does it work? Aveine instantly and perfectly aerates your wine, no matter the type or age, so you don’t need to wait around for an undetermined amount of time. All you have to do is place the aerator on the top of your uncorked bottle. Then, use the accompanying app to scan your wine bottle’s label. The app will search its database to find out exactly what the aerator needs to do to give you the best possible drinking experience. The app then sends that information to the aerator via a Bluetooth connection.

All you have to do from there is pour and enjoy (though if you don’t have your Aveine aerator handy, you can also use the app to manually aerate your chosen bottle). The aerator’s internal mechanisms add ambient air as you pour to reproduce the same effect as the desired aeration time.

Don’t want to use the app? Know exactly how long your favorite wine needs to aerate? The aerator’s touchscreen allows you to manually set the aeration time of your choosing.

Aveine starts at $499 and comes with a two-year warranty and 30-day free trial.