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“You guys are some of the most aggressive by-the-glass people on the planet,” says Greg Lambrecht, addressing a room full of Australian sommeliers, winemakers, merchants and media. “There’s more, better wine being served here by the glass than any other country – which is crazy and wonderful.”

Lambrecht should know. As the Boston-based founder and inventor of Coravin, the preservation system that lets people extract a glass of wine without opening the bottle, he has spent the past 12 years travelling the world not only promoting his invention, but also drinking very fine wine in very fancy restaurants.

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