Wine lovers know a bevy of tricks they claim can improve the life of a ho-hum bottle or keep a bottle of bubbly from going flat. Here, we take a look at a few that may - and may not - work.

The Blender Bottle is an item “healthy people” own and use, so I’ve never spent a ton of time thinking about it. But that little whisk ball inside the spouted plastic bottle is destined for more than ...