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What a prize

When you go to expo's/trade shows etc and they have competitions, have you ever wondered, who actually wins the prizes on offer?

Well, after enduring a shocking day in the shop last Monday, (beer fridge breaking down 3 days before Christmas, cool room getting flooded etc etc) you can imagine my delight when a senior rep from Smith & Sons (Yalumba) entered the shop and said "Matt, we have some good news". At a trade show, I had entered a competition, and won, and he was here to present my prize....... a 6 litre Imperial of Yalumba's 1998 Signature Cabernet - Shiraz. To look at this majestic creature, (Temporarily displayed next to the 750Ml bottles of same vintage selling for $36 each) was mind numbing, as thoughts of who to drink it with, and for what occasion. We decided a 50th birthday....mine... in about ...*cough cough* ...7 years....... would be about right.

Now.... how DOES one open one of these giants?

Regards Swooper

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swoope
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Bloody 'ell!

You put a corkscrew in and you twist!

(Reply after a nice meal out at the Wolseley in Piccadilly. VERY up market brasserie.)

All the best Ian (To reply by email PLEASE don't use "Reply to" but use my name at wanadoo.fr) Thanks.

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Anthony Hoare

Exactly. A waiter's friend did the job without any problem on a double magnum of Barolo 1985 (Marchesi di Barolo, standard annata offering) I opened on my 50th birthday last July. Standard bottles mouth width is 18mm, this had 25mm; I don't think it gets very much wider.

M.

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Michael Pronay

Thanks Michael. My Q was a little tongue in cheek. I did open a 1979 Redman for a customer a few years ago. He had it put away for is son's 21st. Patience, gritted teeth...... and a waiter's friend did the job. I was rewarded when his wife returned with a decanter full of the delightful cabernet for me to sip away during the evening trade......... :>)

Regards Swooper

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swoope

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