Abstract: A device for storage of an opened wine container and for preserving wine contained within the opened wine container. A shell is provided having an actuator external thereto, a pressurized source of heavier-than-air inert gas is located within the shell and a regulator for reducing the pressure of the inert gas from a first pressure at the pressurized source of heavier-than-air inert gas to a second pressure at the open wine container. The device further includes a valve body biased to reside upon the open wine container and space from the open wine container when the heavier-than-air inert gas is fed through the valve assembly upon actuation of the actuator.