Patent ID: 8857666

Claim:
A wine dispensing cabinet for receiving a container, the cabinet comprising: an upper housing extending above the countertop; a plurality of compartments, at least one compartment refrigerated, each compartment including a receptacle for receiving a flexible liner for containing the wine, the liner substantially isolating the wine contained therein from oxygen by restricting the passage of oxygen through the liner, the liner including a liner connector having a first check valve, the first check valve forming a seal against the entry of oxygen into the liner and said first check valve opened by a vacuum produced by one or more peristaltic pumps drawing wine out of the liner, at least one receptacle including a sensor for identifying the liner of wine received in the at least one receptacle; one or more dispensing nozzles provided in the upper housing, each dispensing nozzle connected with the liner connector through at least one delivery hose and an internal hose system in the cabinet in order to dispense wine from the at least one liner of wine into the container when the container is received and positioned under the dispensing nozzle, the delivery hose connectable with the liner connector at a first end of the delivery hose, the delivery hose coupleable with the internal hose system in the cabinet at the end of the delivery hose opposite the first end, the delivery hose including a fitting at the end of the delivery hose opposite the first end; a hose connector for coupling the delivery hose with the internal hosing system, the hose connector including a second check valve in order to prevent the oxygen from entering the internal hose system; a processor electrically connected with the one or more peristaltic pumps as well as the sensor, the processor controlled by one or more wine selection buttons provided on the wine dispensing cabinet, the processor operable to send an electric signal to the one or more peristaltic pumps in order to dispense a variable quantity of wine, as selected by the one or more wine selection buttons, contained in one of the liners of wine into the wine glass when received and positioned under the dispensing nozzle, the processor further operable to calculate the quantity of wine pumped from each received liner of wine, the processor further operable to identify the liner received in each receptacle and calculate the quantity of wine remaining in each received wine liner after the variable quantity of wine is dispensed.