If you’re a wine enthusiast, you would have seen the Coravin wielded by sommeliers. Some wine bars even offer wines by the glass with the gadget.

The contraption, which clamps itself atop a wine bottle, serves wine without removing the cork: It inserts a medical grade needle into the cork, pressurises the bottle with argon gas, and pours the wine. The tiny incision in the cork seals itself, preserving the remaining wine in the bottle.