What Are They?

Apparently used to keep undrunk wine fresh. Nope, doesn't compute to me either, and as you can see from the dust on them I had to hunt them down for the latest mundane object challenge!!

[Joan Robillard]

I have some of those.

[Sue]

I used to have some of these. There was also a sort of pump thing to make sure the bottle was kept airtight. It's much less effort just to drink it all quickly

[Carole Sandford]

What is undrunk wine? We don't have that! Lol

[Dawn]

Lol we don't have any undrunk wine either but do have something similar .... just in case

[Annie D]

I have some of these in the cupboard - use different ones now - on the rare occasion there is wine left hahahaha

[Brennie B]

I remember these...hardly used!

[JackieR]

@brennieb @annied @dawnee @carole_sandford @suesouthwood @joansmor Delia Smithsays you can also freeze unused wine in bags and trays for cooking. I prefer mine in a glass when cooking

[Annie D]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond hahahaha I too prefer mine in a glass when cooking!

[Padlock]

Brilliant. Why open it if you aren't going to finish it

[Whysu]

They look like the plugs to my garden chair legs! Dual purpose perhaps

[JackieR]

@whysu you can plug wine into your chairs, briĺiant

[william wooderson]

Yes, I've used these. You need a manual suction device to suck the air out of the top through the slit - which closes once the air comes out. Handy if you have a bottle of red wine and you only drink a glass every so often!