Artificially aging wine via ultrasound

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A new gadget claims to transform inexpensive wine into a vintage-quality drink in just 30 minutes using ultrasound technology. Priced at £350, the device mimics the aging process by colliding alcohol molecules within the bottle. However, skepticism arises regarding its effectiveness, particularly concerning the science of wine aging, which involves complex chemical reactions that ultrasound may not replicate. Concerns are also raised about the device's claims to enhance other beverages, such as orange juice, which seems implausible given the nature of aging and flavor enhancement in liquids. Critics question the legitimacy of the product, suggesting it may not deliver on its promises.
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Inventors say a bottle of any bargain booze can be transformed in just 30 minutes, using space-age ultrasound technology.

The £350 gadget - which looks like an ordinary ice bucket - recreates the effects of decades of aging by colliding alcohol molecules inside the bottle.

I don't know enough about how wine ages to debate the above, but the following set the alarm bells off in my head:

'I have even tried it with orange juice after I saw a similar device being used in the US. It didn't just make the juice taste fresher, it made it look brighter too.'

Mmm-hmm...
 
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My understanding is that wine ages by the acids and alcohol in the wine reacting slowly and producing esters which gives older wines their fragrances. I don't know how ultrasound would do that.
 
It's a complex chemical process and this product is bogus. Some beers age in the same way.
 
'It works on any alcohol that tastes better aged. Even a bottle of paint-stripper whisky can taste like an 8-year-aged single malt.'

This some kind of joke?
 

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