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How long does an open bottle of red keep?
I went to a winery in Sonoma where they fill up smaller screw-cap bottles, at the end of the day, with the wine from the open tasting bottles to make it last longer. This won’t totally eliminate the oxidation process since...
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Danube - A disappointment
to me the point of the restaurant should be to turn out really outstanding Austrian food. Wallse and even its lower-priced relative Blaue Gans are far superior Wines are overpriced. The $42 riesling turned out to be a screw cap...
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Cheapest place to buy mason jars?
Someone gave me a case of canning jars from Big Lots but before using them I bought all new jar caps, not the screw bands. Who knows how old those jar caps were? Proably with replacing the caps there was not much money saved
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Local Wine Shops & Wine Spectator's Top 100 List
the # 44 wine is kim crawford sauvignon blanc '04 and it’s available everywhere...note it’s in a screw- cap.
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O Brave lips of mine
The story I’ve heard on this is that it’s a close out sale from Delta Airlines. They had to get rid of their corkscrews for security reasons, so they’ve had to go to screw caps or something. Hence, the low...
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Fresh Apple Cider - How Perishable?
True enough, but around here, cider doesn’t have a screw on cap, it is a friction cap. Once you break the seal I don’t think it’s going to be travel-worthy any more.
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Any drinkable mini bubblies under $4?
winery in Argentina and sell them in the US . . . you need to look closely at the label to see they aren’t from Napa Valley! But they are sealed with a screw-cap — not sure you want those . . . Personally, I’d...
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Old world vs New World generalizations
favorites), Amisfield, Carrick. Stay away from Gibbston Valley. Don’t be turned off by the screw caps. They have difficulty getting good cork in NZ, so even the very good producers tend to us screw caps.
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Anyone willing to look at this wine list for me?
many of these wines will have screw caps“? Or the description of the special bottles ”...cassis...leather (like your wife’s expensive new jacket)" It’s a very interesting restaurant in a very interesting...
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I hate bottle circumcision
RicRios, Many premium wines are now being shipped with screw caps. Apparently the wineries or stores are worried about people “sampling the wines” by merely unscrewing the caps before purchase. To counter this, the...
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Creme Bru-what?
with salt from the salt shaker. 4) Replace the cap, screw tightly, trim the remaining napkin away, and wait for the next customer to pour “sugar” into his or her coffee. 5) Try to control your laughter as another victim...
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Tired of Huy Fong sriracha
I’m not so into the squeeze bottle of sauce. I like the chunky chile-garlic paste in the jar with a screw cap, or, if that’s not available, the sambal oelek, which appears to be the same thing but with less garlic. So...
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Wine corks
I used to save them, but eventually they became Weber fuel. When I buy everyday wine (for me, $16-$25) I consider screw caps a plus, and synthetics a minus. A screw cap on Oz white really simplifies a quick seafood dinner, and...
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wine in aluminum pop-top cans? why not?
the cork — even if it is covered with heavy foil?) 2. not let the wine spoil from getting "corked" 3. not allow light to affect the wine 4. be easier and cheaper to store and ship? also...as a corollary, aren’t screw caps...
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Bin 26 Update
of the highlights for me was opening the wine menu and seeing Night Train ( as well as Boone’s Farm and one other I forgot) available. At $8.00 a bottle I could not resist. The dark screw cap bottle was presented table-side...
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