Save the Wine Vacuum Pump - Pump-and-stopper vacuum system. - Easier pumping action. - Includes two Push-Button Stoppers. - Patented valve holds a vacuum for days. - Size: 1.5 x 1.5 x 5-in. The Houdini Wine Preserver is a pump-and-stopper vacuum system with three major improvements over competing systems. The pump handle is ergonomically designed to afford easier pumping action and to avoid pinching that can occur with other pumps Two Push-Button Stoppers are included, employing a patented valve that holds a vacuum for days and releases it at the touch of a button. Bottles sealed with Push-Button Stoppers can be stored horizontally while those sealed with competing stoppers must be stored upright to prevent leaking. Extra Set of Four Stoppers for Vacuum Wine Pump also available. Metrokane was founded in 1983 by Riki Kane who had been an advertising copywriter and a syndicated journalist, creator of the popular newspaper word game, "Wordy Gurdy." While traveling in Mexico, she purchased a manual citrus juicer, which she brought home to squeeze her morning orange juice. She was surprised to find that manual juicers had been extinct in the U.S. since the advent of electric citrus juicers in the '50's. Convinced that the manual juicer is superior to the electric kind, she re-introduced it to the American market with a classic retro design called "The Mighty OJ." Metrokane's Mighty OJ Juicer was an immediate success in department and specialty stores around the country. Initially, Ms. Kane ran the business from her apartment -- expanding her line of juicers and fighting a long, but ultimately successful legal battle against Mighty OJ imitations (called "knock-offs" in the industry).