Coravin

Coravin, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryWine accessories
Founded2011 (2011)
FounderGreg Lambrecht
Headquarters
Bedford, Massachusetts
,
United States
Productswine by-the-glass system
Websitewww.coravin.com

Coravin, Inc. is a company based in Bedford, Massachusetts, that manufactures products for the wine industry. Its first product, the Coravin wine by-the-glass system, allows wine to be poured wine without removing the cork from the bottle.

History

The opener was invented by Greg Lambrecht,[1] who founded Coravin in 2011 with Josh Makower. Nick Lazaris, the former CEO of Keurig, joined as CEO in 2013 and was succeeded in February 2015 by Frederic Levy.[2]

In February 2024, Dave Krupinski, previously the company’s COO and CTO, was appointed Chief Executive Officer.[3]

Coravin wine by-the-glass system

The Coravinwine by-the-glass system uses a hollowed needle, which is inserted through the cork and fills the bottle with argon gas to pressurize it, and the wine, in turn, is poured through the needle. When the needle is removed from the cork, the cork reseals, protecting the wine from oxidation and leaving the remaining wine unaffected.[4][5][6]

Coravin has been widely adopted by restaurants, wine salespeople, and wine reviewers, since it makes it possible to sample or drink only one glass from a bottle without then having to finish it immediately, but wine writer Jamie Goode suggested in 2021 that the argon might subtly alter the wine and that reviewers using a Coravin opener should therefore declare that fact.[7]

By June 2014, 13 complaints had been made of broken bottles following use of the Coravin opener. Lambrecht estimated that only 1 in 70,000 bottles will break, attributing the issue to bottles that have been dropped and cracked. In response to the complaints, Coravin sent purchasers a neoprene protective sleeve to cover the bottles.[8]

Awards

The Coravin wine by-the-glass system has been nominated for and won awards for innovation or technology.

See also

References

  1. ^ Austin, Michael (December 2014). "This Device Lets Wine Lovers Try a Sample Without Popping the Cork". Entrepreneur. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Zimmerman, Ed (December 12, 2013). "I've Seen the Needle, No Damage Done; How Greg Lambrecht Is Changing the Wine World". The Wall Street Journal (blog). Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Racz, Eszter (2024-02-15). "Wine tech company Coravin promotes Dave Krupinski to CEO". Just Drinks. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
  4. ^ Asimov, Eric (September 3, 2013). "The Coravin Makes Great Wines More Accessible by the Glass". The New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  5. ^ Jolly, Jennifer (December 16, 2013) [December 14, 2013]. "Tech Now: Innovative gadget gifts". USA Today. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  6. ^ Robinson, Jancis (October 18, 2013). "Coravin: Drinking without Pulling the Cork". Financial Times. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  7. ^ Mobley, Esther (March 4, 2021). "How to preserve a wine bottle after opening it? Our wine critic says don't worry about fancy devices". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  8. ^ Summers, Nick (September 25, 2014). "Coravin: Greg Lambrecht's corker of a wine idea". Businessweek. Archived from the original on September 25, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  9. ^ "Best of What's New 2013: Home". Popular Science. November 1, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  10. ^ "L'innovation de l'année: Coravin". La Revue du vin de France. January 9, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  11. ^ "Red Dot Design Award: Coravin Model Eleven". www.red-dot.org. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
  12. ^ Sullivan, Sean P. (2021-11-18). "Innovator of the Year Coravin Aims 'To Change The Way The World Drinks Wine' | Wine Enthusiast's 2021 Wine Star Awards". Wine Enthusiast. Archived from the original on 2024-07-22. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
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