In a wine store yesterday, I saw this Riedel cafe (a picture:
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It's quite elegant but I don't think I'd buy it since, to me, it resembles a hospital bedpan or urinal, eg.
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Riedel carafes
Mar 05, 2012
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I think Riedel are taking the piss
Perhaps if you served only red wines from it...nah, then we get into questions of kidney failure and cirrhosis. You're right.
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Perhaps that decanter is used as a bed pan in some Hollywood hospitals that cater to top movie stars :-). To make more of an impression on your guest you might serve instead a bottle of snake wine on your dining table. See
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. For a much larger selection see
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. This site is being revised, but should be shipping again soon. Besides cobra, toad, scorpion etc wine and whiskey, they have a wide variety of snacks to serve with it. Rhino beetles, pregnant crickets, and buffalo dung beetles are just a few of many choices. Don't use your best tablecloth, as there is some risk that an old great aunt may throw up on your table.
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