On 1/31/04 5:08 PM, in article
, "Joe Ae"
> wrote:

> A friend of mine just bought one of these. She and her friend believe they
> work. The store owner who sold it to them is a friend of theirs interesting
> enough.
>
> I don't believe it. I am not a chemist nor a pro wine maker but I would
> think that the most magnets could do is temporarily orient the positive and
> negative ions in the solution. I don't see how this could change the wine
> let alone instill the characteristics of aging (slow oxidation,
> concentration, softening of tannins ...).
>
> Joe

A magnet has no effect on positive and negative ions. A magnet can only act
on other magnetic materials (eg. Iron).

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Greg Cook
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