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There’s an old saying that says you can’t put the cork back in the bottle, meaning that once you’ve passed the point of no return and you might as well finish the bottle. That’s because once wine is opened it starts to mix with the air and the taste gets progressively worse over time. The cork also tends to swell up once removed so it can’t be replaced without great effort if it will fit all. Fortunately, modern day makers of wine accessories are very clever about these things, and although you may not be able to put the cork back in the bottle, there are now plenty of other solutions to this age old problem.

The most simple of these is the use of a simple wine stopper. A wine stopper is simply a cork that is tapered so that the bottom end fits in the neck of the wine bottle easily and as it slides down into the bottle, the widening top end fills the opening securely. Wine stoppers have a handle or grip on top to make them easy to remove again. Often, the top is decorated with a holiday theme or some other motif that helps to set the mood or add a fun touch.

Wine stoppers work as well as would putting the cork back in the bottle if that were possible. However, even with that done, the empty portion of the bottle is filled with fresh air that can still be absorbed into the wine and ruin its flavor in short order. To solve this problem, there are special wine stoppers with air valves built into them. A small pump is attached to the valve after this special stopper is inserted into the wine bottle. The pump pulls out most of the air leaving a partial vacuum inside the bottle. If there’s no air inside, then the wine stays as fresh as it was when it was resealed for days.

Next is an entirely different approach. Instead of resealing the bottle, the problem can be attacked at its root. By preventing air from coming into contact with the wine, the top seal becomes irrelevant. To do this, a small cylinder of a heavier than air, inert gas is used. The gas is released into the bottle where it settles down to form a barrier between the air and the wine. Since the gas used does not get absorbed into the wine and prevents contact with the air, the wine’s taste stays fresh. A stopper can still be used to prevent the gas from being pulled from the bottle or roiled up by a strong draft, but the stopper need not be very tight or form a complete seal.

Despite the old saying, modern wine accessories have ruined a perfectly good excuse to pour another glass and finish off the bottle.