Do it yourself oak in a wooden wine bottle

A wooden bottle for wine that aims to replicate the effects of oak ageing has been launched by Canadian Joel Paglione. The 'Oak Bottle' claims to be able to age entry-level wines in just a day. It is available in the US from www.oakbottle.com

Eight other versions flavoured with aromas such as cherry, vanilla, maple and coffee are also available.

Paglione says it’s all about the perfect amount of interaction with oxygen available for the liquid to breathe through the wood, and the perfect mount of oak contact of the liquid inside.

He claims that in two days an unoaked Chardonnay will taste like 'an expensive oaked Chardonnay that has been aged in oak for years'.

This is not the first wooden wine bottle of its kind to be launched - it rivals the Pinocchio Barrique Bottle which takes 10 days to replicate the effects of six months in an oak.