Removing sediment from wine

A plastic stopper for collecting dregs from a bottle of wine when the bottle is inverted, and for trapping the dregs therein before the bottle is turned upright, comprising

• a first element including a body for introduction into the bottle neck and a head that remains outside said neck, said body defining an internally threaded cylindrical cavity which is closed at the end opposite said head, said body including a lower band having apertures for admitting dregs into the cavity, and
• a second, hollow, upwardly closed cylindrical element having an external thread engageable within the thread of said cavity of the first element and having a lower unthreaded band at least equal in height to that of said apertures in order to close said cavity when the lower edge of said element abuts the base of the first element, whereby one may trap dregs collected in the chamber by moving the second element while the bottle is inverted.

A plastic stopper for collecting dregs from a bottle of wine when the bottle is inverted, and for trapping the dregs therein before the bottle is turned upright, comprising

• a first bush-shaped element which can be fitted in a sealed manner to the rim of the bottle neck and includes means defining a cavity within the neck to act as a dreg collection chamber for receiving dregs from the wine, and having an aperture therein for providing communication between the chamber and the bottle interior so as to admit dregs to said chamber, said chamber having an internal flange around the circumference of said aperture, and
• a second element received within said first element and which is movable axially relative to the first element and includes a shutter member cooperating with said flange in order to close, when in a predetermined axial position, said dreg collection chamber, whereby one may trap dregs collected in the chamber by moving the second element while the bottle is inverted.