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The Üllo Wine Purifier was rated 10/10 best buy by independent.co.uk.
"Whether you’re a hobby or an expert wine drinker, this wine purifier offers an easy and effective way to aerate wine. Ullo was designed by James Kornacki, a doctor at Northwestern University from Chicago who loved wine but was sensitive to sulphites. His mission...
It's about scent memory, not tasting!
When people learn I’m a sommelier, they often ask some variation of, "What's your favorite wine? Have you tried my favorite wine? Do you like it?” And last, but certainly not least, “How can I become a better taster?”
While I have some quick responses to the first two questions, "how to become a...
By now we’ve probably all heard or read somebody wax poetically about decanting a fine red wine, but does decanting need to be that involved? The short answer is no. Decanting is simply the act of opening a bottle of wine to air, but if you want to get the most out of every bottle there are a...
Yes, Üllo definitely does remove the Sulphites but don't take our opinion, check out this podcast!
Former sommelier of The Ritz Hotel in London, Jonathan Kleeman, and co-host Unina Doyle gives you their take on Üllo for two delicious Spanish varietals. We loved hearing their reactions that the purified Monastrell is more elegant, more complex and that they "massively prefer"...
Üllo and founder James Kornacki, PhD, accepted the distinguished “Good Design Gold Award” at Australia’s Good Design Awards taking place on May 17th at the Sydney Opera House.
A jury panel comprising design, engineering and architectural design experts chose Üllo’s wine purifier for excellence in product design, noting the product as a “game changer” that “solves a very real problem...
Drake’s Love of Moscato
This is the first but it may be the oddest of the bunch. Is Drake really responsible for the ever-growing popularity of Moscato wine in America today? He may have had some help from ‘Lil Kim and others, but Drake deserves credit. Sweet, bubbly, and low alcohol make this the ideal candidate for all night drinking....
The Chicago Start-Up Introduces an Innovative Wine Purification Product to the Public
Chicago-based start-up, Üllo, announces the debut of its first product, a purifier which removes sulfites from wine, to be on display at the International Home + Housewares Show. Since Üllo launched, the company has raised over $200,000 through Kickstarter and IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaigns. The Housewares Show is the...
"It takes the sulfites right out of the wine and it's the first product to do that," Kornacki said. "What enables this product is the select sulfite-capture technology that I developed which treats sulfites more as like something that can be pulled out with a magnet. "We don't screw up the wine chemistry,"...
The Üllo Team never passes up an opportunity to celebrate and with Valentine’s Day on the horizon, we put together our favorite wine picks for this egregiously commercialized holiday. It’s obvious that we love wine at Üllo, but we love it so much, that we recommend forgoing the chocolate and cheap candy altogether to make room for, well,...