Abstract: The invention provides a method and a wine decanter appliance for automatically oxidizing wine. The wine decanter appliance comprises means for delivering a flow of oxygen laden gas to a quantity of wine to oxidize said wine, a communications module connecting said wine decanter appliance to a communications network, a memory storing an application program, and a processor configured to execute said application program to enable said wine decanter appliance to exchange information through said communications network with any one or any combination of: a server; a database; a network connected device, another wine decanter appliance or a group of other wine decanter appliances. The processor is configured to control said wine decanter appliance to oxidize the wine based on information received over said network as a consequence of said exchange of information.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for automatically breathing a beverage such as red wine by passing oxygen into the beverage for a set period of time. The apparatus has an air processing system which takes in atmospheric air and processes it to concentrate its oxygen content to as much as or even higher than 90% oxygen by volume. The apparatus comprises a controller for automatically controlling parameters of the oxygen breathing process including a time period for delivery of oxygen concentrated air to a beverage where the time period is predetermined in accordance with one or more characteristics or qualities of the beverage.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and an appliance for processing a consumable product based on information derived from a social network. The method comprises connecting said domestic appliance to a communications network so that a user of the appliance can exchange information through a social network hosted by said communications network with any other network connected devices and particularly with other users of domestic appliances for processing a consumable product of a same general class or type of consumable product. The user of the domestic appliance may receive information as a result of the exchange of information which adjusts or modifies the operation or performance of their domestic appliance in connection with processing a consumable product of a specific identity, brand and/or specific characteristics.

Abstract: The invention provides a computer implemented method and system for providing a set of parameters, for example operational control parameters, to a domestic appliance for controlling operation of the appliance when processing a consumable product such as coffee, tea, wine, rice or the like. The method comprises uploading to a network based server from a third party entity such as a producer, supplier, distributor or seller of a consumable product an optimized or preferred set of one or more control parameters for processing the consumable product based on its identity and/or one or more specified characteristics of the product. The set of parameters is stored in a network storage device such as a database under control of the server. The set of parameters is stored in association with its identity and/or one or more specified characteristics.