Plum Setup & User’s Guide v1.5 – updated July 2017
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Daily Operation
Which Wine Bottles and Closures Can I Use in Plum?
Your Plum can accept wine bottles from 10.5”-13” in length, and from 2-3.5” in diameter, which
means the vast majority of standard 750ml bottles will work. Some wines (i.e. certain German
Sp
ä
tlese) will be too long to fit, and are not for use in your Plum.
Almost all closures will work with Plum including natural cork (up to 55mm in length), artificial
cork, engineered cork, and even metal screw caps. Plum will not work with other types of
closures including glass stoppers. Please do not put these closures in Plum as it may damage
your appliance.
If you have a closure with wax over it, you should remove the wax before inserting into Plum.
Cooling
Your Plum will automatically cool each bottle to the perfect serving temperature for that varietal.
If you want to adjust the temperatures for a specific bottle, touch the wine
DETAILS
button and
then use the
+
and
–
buttons in the bottom left to adjust the temperature.
If you want to adjust the temperature for every bottle of a given varietal, touch the
SETTINGS
button, then select
TEMPERATURE
, and scroll to the varietal that you wish to change.
The time it takes to reach the desired temperature will vary depending on how you stored the
bottle (i.e. room temperature or in a cellar at 55F) and what the target temperature is. Your Plum
will pre-chill the chamber to 55 degree to cool your bottle faster.
You can see a small cooling symbol on the screen if your bottle is currently cooling.
Removing Wine Bottles
It is
strongly recommended
that you leave each bottle in your Plum until it is empty. This is
because Plum uses a special needle that works with any type of closure and enables faster
pouring of each glass. This needle will leave a small hole in the cork, so if you remove a bottle
that still has wine you should consume it within 24 hours depending on the varietal. It will also
leak a small amount of wine upon removal as the contents are under pressure.
If you wish to remove a bottle that still has wine in it, touch the
SETTINGS
button, then touch
the
GENERAL
button, then touch the
REMOVE BOTTLES
button and select the wine you
wish to remove. Please note that if the bottle is pressurized, a small amount of wine may escape
during removal. Please wipe down the bottle tray after removal.
The system will automatically prompt you to replace an empty bottle.
