Product Recall Number: 14-214
Why was Wine Access System recalled?
The system can cause wine bottles to break during pressurization, posing a risk of lacerations.
Product Recall Number: 14-214
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2014-06-25
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Wine Access System
Description: The system can cause wine bottles to break during pressurization.
Hazard Description: The system can cause wine bottles to break during pressurization, posing a risk of lacerations.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 65,000 in the U.S. and about 640 in Canada
Incidents: Coravin has received 13 reports of bottles breaking, including one in which a bottle burst into four pieces and resulted in an injury involving two chipped teeth and a laceration that required stitches, four in which the bottles cracked and leaked, and eight in which bottles broke into two pieces.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled wine access system and contact Coravin for a free repair kit that includes a neoprene wine bottle sleeve to contain broken glass when a bottle breaks and updated instructions and warnings. The wine access system should not be used on wine bottles with damages or flaws.
Sold At: Coravin.com and other online retailers and at wine shops from July 2013 to June 2014 for about $300.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed