Products

Products

All products, including the Mark Phillips Wine Glass, are being sold at Wine Tasting Specialist (winetastingspecialist.com).

The Savvy Host

A monthly online video of how to host the perfect dinner party. Mark Phillips and associates present recipes for a three course dinner, a clear step-by-step demonstration on how to prepare each course, which wines to match with the meal and how to set the perfect table. Even if you have never cooked before, this instruction is so thorough, it's foolproof. Impress your guests with a wonderfully prepared meal, tasty wines and a wonderful setting....without breaking the bank.

The Mark Phillips (MP) Aerator
The pour-through aerator is the best. Compare the MP Aerator to the Vinturi....the most marketed pour-through aerator, that sells on Amazon for around $34. It has over 400 reviews and 330+ are five stars, the rest are four stars. Here’s a link to the Amazon page to see for yourself. No other aerator comes close to the number of positive reviews. You can pay $34 for theirs or get the MP aerator for $28. Same design. Same process.

Wine that is opened too young, has too much tannin or acidity needs to breathe to get the wine in balance. You can decant the wine but the breathing process takes a long time. What a decanter does in one hour, the MP Aerator does instantaneously. You’ll get a smoother, more flavorful wine.

Use it on white and red wine. It makes almost any wine taste smoother. It does so by mixing the proper amount of air in the right amount of time. It comes with a no-drip stand and a filter screen. You won’t believe the difference it makes!

Swallow This - The Progressive Approach to Wine by Mark Phillips Paperback. 352 pages.

Swallow This offers a whole new approach to wine, the Progressive Approach; that is pragmatic, easy-to-understand and consumer focused. Mark’s humorous, irreverent style makes learning about wine fun. Topics covered include:

When to microwave wine

What wine is best for wild sex

When to freeze wine

The most amazing way to open a bottle of sparkling wine. It will make you giddy.

The hazards of keeping wine in your living room, or worse, in your kitchen

The one word that will solve all of your wine and food matching questions

Why buying expensive wine is a waste of money

The four sentences to say to a wine store clerk to get good wine every time

The advantage of storing wine in Tupperware, ziplock bags and plastic water bottles

Why buying wine by the ratings is stupid

The mating call of a wine geek

The trick to knowing what wine tastes like before you buy it

When it’s appropriate to add ice cubes to wine

What wine is best while doing the laundry, mowing the lawn and so much more

The two words that take the intimidation out of wine

The 1:10 ratio to guide you on how long to age wine

The truth about using different shapes and sizes of wine glasses

Overview of the world’s wine regions with buying recommendations

How the 20 minute rule will help you serve wine at the right temperature

What to do with the cork when the waiter gives it to you

When to send a wine back at a restaurant, even if it’s not rotten

Witty, unique, fast-paced, and never, ever boring, Swallow This will be the most practical, entertaining, informative and enjoyable wine book on the market today.

"Enjoying Wine with Mark Phillips”

(DVD) – Mark’s first show, “Enjoying Wine with Mark Phillips” aired on over 314 PBS stations in March 2006 which shattered all records making it the most watched wine show in American television. The 60 minute special is available for you to watch. BONUS: It comes with 40 minutes of bonus material. That's when the wine drinking really begins while Mark shares even more information about wine.

The 8 CD Audio Wine Course

The Audio Course is a convenient way to learn about wine. Over five hours of information…everything you need to know about wine that you can learn about while on the go. Listen while you’re commuting, exercising, doing housework or while having wine. Mark covers the wine regions of the world letting you know the pros and cons of each one, grape varieties, how to taste and describe wine, fortified wine, sparkling wine, dessert wines, how wine shops work, why buying expensive wine is silly, matching wine and food, wine at restaurants, wine buying strategies, serving wine, decanting wine, storing wine, wine tasting etiquette and so much more. Every question you have about wine will be answered in this course. And Mark delivers the information in his fun and entertaining style.
A two hour class on wine goes for about $45. It would take you three classes and $135 to get as much information as you will get on the 8 CDs in this course. And this is a lot more convenient.

Vineyard Fresh Wine Preservative

Vineyard Fresh preserves open wine by simply spraying 2 quick bursts into an open bottle of wine then re-cork. Vineyard Fresh creates a protective barrier between remaining wine and the air left in the bottle, preventing oxidation. It’s naturally heavy enough to preserve your wine, light enough to be colorless, odorless and tasteless.

Vineyard Fresh is a mixture of Argon with a small percentage of Nitrogen and works on a combination of chemistry and physics.

Chemistry – Argon is an inert gas and does not interact with wine. Argon is non-metallic, colorless, odorless, tasteless and naturally in the air we breathe. Argon is heavier than oxygen and lighter than wine.

Physics – The heavier gas will displace the lighter gas. Argon displaces the oxygen and creates a vapor barrier between the wine and the oxygen, preventing oxidation from spoiling the wine.

It not only works on wine but it can keep high end oils fresh that otherwise go rancid from lack of use. Use it on extra virgin olive oil, truffle oil, balsamic vinegar, etc.

For more information on Vineyard Fresh, visit the website.

You get at 100 "squirts" per canister so it can be used 50 times on wine, oils, vinegars, etc.

Le Creuset Pocket Model Screwpull - Mark's favorite portable corkscrew!

The easiest self-pulling corkscrew - simply turn the handle around with one finger... and voila! your bottle is opened. An excellent tool for impromptu picnics and parties! This pocket version features a knife, bottle opener and cork remover in one simple, collapsible unit.

The Winner Corkscrew
This looks like a typical waiter's tool corkscrew but it’s better for three reasons:

The lever is offset which enables the cork to come out straight instead of being pulled to the side resulting in fewer broken corks.

The worm is such that it goes into the cork easier and with fewer turns. It’s surprising how much difference that makes.

3. It’s lighter because of the composite material   In a recent trial with 225 Sommeliers in the top pouring restaurants in America, more than 80 percent preferred this corkscrew over other corkscrews they have been using.