Mine comes in a 1 gallon glass jug, for $13. Then I reuse the jug.And I thought all wine came in a box
Wine comes with corks? My Thunderbird, Mad Dog20-20 or Ripple never has corks.
That's why it is traditional for Gentlemen and Ladies to both carry fine (often silk) handkerchiefs. So when on a picnic if the cork is broken for whatever reason you can pour the wine through a fine handkerchief and filter any bits out. Was nobody here alive in the 1700's?As far as I can see they are very wrong. Any contact with the cork will not harm the wine itself. But it may ruin the wine experience of course. Then you have to filter the wine through your teeth. Tell your friends to stop w(h)ining about cork
In my late teens it was more Thunderbird than MD. Puked up more than my share of that stuff.I'll never forget the MD 20-20 days...........I guess?
What's the word? Thunderbird!In my late teens it was more Thunderbird than MD. Puked up more than my share of that stuff.
I agree, I finally get his handle has a meaning. Its pretty funny.@shortbus:
Happy to see a photo of the fabled, "short bus".
Good icon. I like it.
In the UK Wines are tending to be in glass bottles with screw caps these days, regardless of price. Champaign and the likes still come with a cork of course, but other than that screw cap. The only real exception is when Wine comes in card boxes with foiled plastic bags inside and a little tap on.Also aren't corked wines for wines that cost more then $15 a bottle, and screw caps for ones under it. And spickets for plastic boxes.
If even a small amount of oxygen leaks in, say due to some production error. The wine may become ruined. This may even happen with screw caps. Then this happen most people will use the term corked. Even if it is not quite correct. As you said a wine with screw cap. Can not be corked. But anyway the wine will taste bad. Next time you experience this. Even if you are working. It is no problem taking the wine back stage and do some tasting. And then do as wine tasters. Spit the wine out in the sink.I work in a ship and most of the wines we sell at screw caps these days. One day a lady bought a single glass wine bottle. She came back 5 minutes later and demanded a refund because the wine was "corked" I apologized and asked how it could be corked because it had a screw cap. She start to rant and demand a replacement, telling me that both of her friends had tried it and agreed too and that maybe I should try it too. I refused to try it because I was working... not to mention I didn't know if she had done anything with the bottle. I replaced it with another, again apologizing and on her way she went. I decided rather than argue, replacing a £2.50 bottle of wine was an easier option!
I don't really like Wine though so I wouldn't know... and I didn't know if she had done anything to it or not. I meant to say shop in my original post, not ship!It is no problem taking the wine back stage and do some tasting. And then do as wine tasters. Spit the wine out in the sink.
Hahahaha LOL She meant the wine had been opened previously then recorked or recapped to serve again. She was claiming the wine had been opened previously not that it had a cork in it. Its a term for when bars re-cap their wines and sell them by the glass. Usually you can sell a bottle in a night so its not an issue. But many bars don't and will try to save their "Corked" wine for 2-3 days for people who order glasses. People who know wine will pick up on this immedietely. People who don't just drink it like its normal wine cause they can't taste the difference. I've worked in many o bar and have seen this scenario played out dozens of times.I work in a ship and most of the wines we sell at screw caps these days. One day a lady bought a single glass wine bottle. She came back 5 minutes later and demanded a refund because the wine was "corked" !
I work in a shop though and the bottles are sealed. So you would know if it has been opened. We are talking about single glass bottles of wine, not 75cl ones. Anyway, either way she was happy with me giving her a replacement lol.She meant the wine had been opened previously then recorked or recapped to serve again.
Oh I'm not saying she was right or wrong, just that when she said the wine had been "Corked" she meant it had previously been opened. Nothing to do with a cork or cap. Wine people tend to be on the snotty side anyways so stuff like that is nothing new. We would hear it all the time at the bar too. Sometimes from a fresh bottle as you say. But 9 times out of 10 they drink the "corked" wine and don't know.I work in a shop though and the bottles are sealed. So you would know if it has been opened. We are talking about single glass bottles of wine, not 75cl ones. Anyway, either way she was happy with me giving her a replacement lol.