Coravin has unveiled its new limited-edition colour for the 2026 holiday season: Coravin Timeless Six+ in Ocean Blue.
Created by the global leader in wine by-the-glass systems, the Timeless Six+ range allows wine lovers to enjoy the perfect glass of wine without opening the bottle. The remaining wine stays as fresh as the day it was first tasted, even years later.
Featuring a rich, deep blue finish with black accents, the new limited-edition system draws inspiration from the ocean.
To help protect the waters that inspired this design, Coravin is partnering with Tusk Trust, the African Conservation Charity, to support an important coral reef restoration project in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Tanzania.
A portion of proceeds from every Ocean Blue Limited Edition sold on Coravin’s global websites will fund the locally led Wild Impact project to create and install 1000 ‘reef stars’ with young coral colonies in areas severely degraded by bleaching episodes triggered by ocean warming.
Coravin’s funding will also support new opportunities for women to become marine rangers as part of a ‘women restoring reefs’ initiative within the local community.
Coravin Founder and Inventor, Greg Lambrecht said: “I invented Coravin because I was curious to try new wine styles, vintages and regions without having to commit to a whole bottle every time I wanted to explore.
“Long before Coravin, the ocean carried wine to new shores, introducing people to grape varieties and styles they had never encountered. This precious ocean environment is under huge pressure.
“We are therefore very proud to support Tusk in rebuilding 1000 sqm of coral reef, while creating new opportunities for the marine rangers – helping to protect the very seas that made wine exploration possible.”
Coravin’s Timeless collection comes equipped to handle both natural corks and screw-cap wines. An ultra-thin needle pierces the cork to extract wine while simultaneously replacing it with argon gas (a neutral gas widely used in the winemaking process). Once the needle is removed, the cork naturally expands to reseal the bottle, so the remaining wine stays fresh.
For wines with screw cap closures, the original cap is replaced with one of the six included Coravin Screw Caps before accessing, keeping the wine in perfect condition for up to six months.
Putting Coravin to the ocean test
To mark the Ocean Blue release in Australia, Coravin put its Timeless wine by-the-glass system to the test, by teaming up with Australia’s first open-ocean winery and Winereef, Subsea Estate, for an extreme proof-of-concept experiment.
The purpose of the trial was to demonstrate that the Coravin needle leaves the cork so perfectly intact after piercing it, that it can withstand the immense pressures of the ocean.
While Subsea Estate typically uses the ocean to ferment its wines in submerged vats before bottling, this experiment involved pouring a glass of the winery’s Semillon using the Coravin Timeless system and sinking the pre-accessed bottles 18 metres under the Southern Ocean, just off-shore from the Augusta winery’s cellar door in Western Australia.
After four weeks, the bottles were retrieved, tasted and given the tick of approval by a panel of wine experts. Even after wine had been poured from the bottles with the Coravin Timeless system and then submerged for a month, there were no signs of oxidation or seawater contamination.
Tried & tasted: Subsea x Coravin collaboration
To celebrate the collaboration, the Coravin and Subsea Estate teams poured the Semillon at a tasting overlooking the sea at Bondi Icebergs.
Drinks Digest joined attendees for a tasting led by Subsea Estate owners Jodee and Brad Adams (below). Adams said he was impressed to discover the quality of the Semillon wasn’t just preserved during the test, it actually improved.
The wine was grassy and herbaceous, full bodied with zippy acidity. It was expertly matched with dishes including tuna tartare and toasted fregola with prawns, mussels and tomato.
The limited-edition Coravin Timeless Six+ in Ocean Blue priced at RRP $699.95 and available at www.coravin.com. The set also includes three Coravin Pure® Argon Capsules, six Coravin Screw Caps, one Premium Timeless Aerator and a carry case.
Subsea Estate Land & Sea Semillon 2024 is priced at $40 and available here.