Wine Preservation - The Best System Available on the Market Today - Vinfinity
Company History
The process we call FlashVacuum
was invented by Armando Luis, a graduate mechanical
engineer with over twenty years of experience
in wine retailing and the restaurant industry.
As an engineer, he worked in the field of fluid
mechanics in the nuclear power and medical instrumentation
industries for several years before taking over
the family's small liquor store in Hoboken, NJ
in 1986. Sparrow Wine & Liquor Company has become
one of the leading wine merchants in New Jersey.
Armando opened his first restaurant in 1995 and
a second in 1999, both also in Hoboken. He is
still involved both industries on a daily basis.
While shopping for a wine preservation system,
it became evident that existing technology had
serious practical limitations. Systems on the
market were expensive to install and maintain,
cumbersome to use and often ineffective, and as
a result were rarely used consistently. It also
became obvious that wine quality and losses were
a major issue with a serious wine-by-the-glass
program.
Of the two scientific concepts applicable to wine
preservation, inert gas and vacuum, the later
was clearly the simpler, more flexible, less expensive
and more reliable of the two, although the technology
available had major shortcomings. Bringing together
his engineering, wine and restaurant background,
Armando visualized a standing central vacuum system
supporting multiple outlets, which would be much
faster and reliable, and could be use simultaneously
by multiple users. A prototype was built, and
after extensive testing and development, the concept
proved itself to be highly effective and practical.
About the Manufacturer
The Pneumadyne
Corporation of Plymouth, MN was
contracted to design and build a commercial
version of the system, the first of which was
installed in late 2006. Vinfinity is currently
installed in over 150 locations at many of the
most prestigious restaurants and wine bars in
the country, as well as Canada, Puerto Rico
and Europe.
Patents
Subject to U.S. Patents 6,886,605; 7,048,016;
7,108,023
and other U.S. and foreign patents pending.
