Engineer Gregory Luzaich lives in Northern California's Sonoma wine country. Like many residents, Luzaich enjoyed dining with a glass of the finest local vintage. One glass, however, does not a bottle empty. Thus, Luzaich often found himself faced with the unappealing prospect of discarding the unused portion of a costly wine.

Determined not to settle for the way things were, Luzaich applied his mechanical engineering and design skills to this challenge. The result, after three years of research and development is a device that preserves and stores individual bottles of wine at the correct temperature, eliminating needless, budget-breaking waste: the Pek Wine Steward.

Wine Science author Dr. Ronald S. Jackson writes: "The Pek Wine Steward combines the right technologies with aesthetics to reduce oxidation and improve the wine consumer's experience."

"For the aficionado of fine wine, the Pek Wine Steward is the ultimate gift," says inventor Luzaich. "Its state-of-the-art design delivers the most effective consumer system for wine preservation and serving temperature management. Many wine lovers can't afford thousands of dollars for a professional wine cabinet. For the price of a couple of bottles of fine wine, everyone can afford the Pek Wine Steward."

The handsomely crafted, simple-to-operate system uses easily replaceable cartridges to fill a wine bottle's air space with high-purity argon gas thus removing the oxygen from the bottle and from contact with the wine. This inert element prevents oxidation and keeps delicate vintages from spoiling. "With the Pek Wine Steward, my wife will never again watch me pour $20-30 of great wine down the drain," Luzaich says. "And, I'll never have to resort to drinking bad wine just to avoid throwing the good stuff away."

Available in silver or black, the Pek Wine Steward retails for a suggested price of $229.95.

Pek manufactures beverage preservation products.