It’s no secret that some women like accessories. Carrie Bradshaw is famous for her shoe fetish. Paris has her truffle-sized puppies, Lindsay Lohan her parole bracelet. Even Lil’ Nip can’t resist a necklace once he’s gotten his grubby (but cute) little hands on them. Personally, I’ve mostly been immune to the sickness. High heels make my toes ache. Jewelry is too easy for toddlers to grab (and break). And if I’m ever going to own a dog, it better be big enough to scare away robbers. Or at least unwanted guests.

 

 

 

 

So what’s my new accessory? It’s the Vinturi Wine Aerator. I guess it’s really more of a gadget than an accessory, but accessory sounds more appealing, what with its double meaning as an accomplice to a crime. This is the kind of thing that I never would have bought if I hadn’t had a friend demonstrate it for me first. Basically you pour the wine through the top of this device (which has a pleasing, sexy shape, but can’t exactly be described as “phallic” although I kind of want to), it makes a funny little suctiony sound, and out through the bottom comes wine that tastes as if it’d been decanted for an hour plus. So far I’ve tried it on everything from box wine to an excellent David Hook Shiraz and it never fails to deliver a more pleasing flavor than the straight-from-the-bottle (or box) version. Now, if I could just find a cute little velvet bag to carry it around in…