The Ten Best: Wine gadgets

1. Lock Stop, £11.99

For anyone who has ever suffered from flatmates, offspring or undeserving partners guzzling their fine wine, the Lock Stop is a combination lock guaranteed to keep them all out. www.drinkstuff.com; 08704 280 958

2. Red wine breather, £9.99

To fully appreciatered wine, it should be allowed to breathe before drinking for up to four hours. If that's too long to wait, this device will bubble air through the wine in minutes. www.drinkstuff.com; 08704 280 958

3. Vacuvin Rapid Ice wine cooler, £7.75

Lovers of white wine should invest in one of these sleeves. Simply slip one into the freezer ready for any warm white wine that comes your way. It cools down wine amazingly quickly. www.amazon.co.uk

4. Cooper cooler chiller £65

A more hi-tech approach to chilling wine than using a freezer sleeve is to buy a cooler. This one will chill a bottle of wine in six minutes and make cans of beer icy within a minute. www.winebase.co.uk

5. Screwpull Star champagne opener £16

Haven't mastered the twist-the-bottle-while-holding-the-cork method of opening a champagne bottle? Try a designated opener instead. www.wineware.co.uk; 01903 786 148

6. Argyle cork retriever £7.25

If you've ever pushed a cork inside a bottle of wine, you'll know that it's almost impossible to retrieve it. This device grabs the cork using " fingers" that can expand and contract. www.winebase.co.uk; 01628 778 749

7. Vacuvin vacuum wine saver £9.12

A vacuum stopper is the perfect solution for keeping an open bottle of wine fresh. Simply put in the rubber "cork" and pump out the air. This version comes with two stoppers. www.amazon.co.uk

8. Menu wine thermometer £19.95

Champagne and expensive white wines are best served at a temperature between 8C and 10C. This bracelet thermometer shows exactly what temperature your wine is. www.aroundwine.co.uk; 020-7935 4679

9. Silver-plated drip collar £7.50

While some might scoff at having a designated drip-catcher, this silver-plated collar looks so much more chic than a grotty napkin tied around the neck of a bottle. www.bbr.com; 08709 004 300

10. Wine foil cutter, £12.95

Keep ragged foil at bay by using a foil cutter rather than picking it off with a corkscrew point. By removing the foil, you'll make the bottle easier to open as well as keeping things neat. www.stylishlife.co.uk; 01269 822 288

The Ten Best is edited by Rebecca Armstrong r.armstrong@independent.co.uk