There is provided a bottle pourer (10), comprising a base (20) for fitting to an opening of a bottle, a pourer tube (40) extending from the base for pouring liquid out of the bottle through a mouth at distal end of the pourer tube, and a tube cover (50) that extends from the base to the distal end of the pourer tube. The tube cover (50) is actuable (55) at the base to move between closed and open positions, the tube cover closing the mouth at the distal end of the pourer tube in the closed position, and opening the mouth at the distal end of the pourer tube in the open position.