Post #346484 by The Gnomon on Wed, Nov 28, 2007 11:26 AM

On 2007-11-28 10:27, Scottes wrote:
That's a hell of an idea.

Thanks. I'll even throw in some seeds to give it that look of authenticity.

In looking at the instructions on how to administer the Gas, it is obvious that an amount of air still remains at the top that can always affect the contents if the container is disturbed. Undisturbed, there's always a layer of Gas between the contents and the air at the top.

I think the ideal situation can be created using both the abhorent vacuum in conjunction with the Gas. The weakness of the vacuum is that it doesn't have the strength to remove enough air to matter that much, especially, in a bottle that is not full. If you use the Gas to drive out all of the air except what remains at the very top, the wine-vac can probably remove that small remaining amount along with a little of the Gas. In fact, those cheap vacuum wine stoppers (very weak vacuum) might even be enough to remove any remaining air.