tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852085.post112071015681065525..comments2022-11-30T06:56:26.508+00:00Comments on Smell the Cork!: Wine Bloggin' W*****day #11 - "Off Dry"rodbodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00367022736620887918noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852085.post-1120923545398924572005-07-09T16:39:00.000+01:002005-07-09T16:39:00.000+01:00Incorrect sir, I agree, Oxygen can indeed be an al...Incorrect sir, I agree, Oxygen can indeed be an ally but everything has it's time and place. Let it be said that the effect of oxygen on wine under cork is completely random, and therefore not necessarily good for the wine. The primary purpose of the closure is to deliver the wine to the consumer in the same condition that it was bottled and does so in two ways: <BR/><BR/>1 By preventing the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852085.post-1120782272908002162005-07-08T01:24:00.000+01:002005-07-08T01:24:00.000+01:00I should explain: when Mr Anonymous isn't signing ...I should explain: when Mr Anonymous isn't signing himself thinasawhippet or TallAsAVan, his nom de combat is The Stelvinator. The rest of us hail oxygen as a friend, but not VanMan.<BR/><BR/>Ockfener Bockstein would be something like "Ockfen's capstone".rodbodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00367022736620887918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852085.post-1120762671816254252005-07-07T19:57:00.000+01:002005-07-07T19:57:00.000+01:00indeed a prize for any one who can spell Ockfener ...indeed a prize for any one who can spell Ockfener Bockstein correctly ....................Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852085.post-1120762546057124992005-07-07T19:55:00.000+01:002005-07-07T19:55:00.000+01:00Under cork? When will the krauts learn that we lim...Under cork? When will the krauts learn that we limey's like our Riesling limey, TCA and RAO free, not 7 out of 10 times but 10 out of 10. A prize to anyone who can translate Ocfener Bockstein correctly - something from my exstensive and eccentric cellar - I've got it! Now where did I hide that magnum of Golden Oktober 1974. <BR/><BR/>Best , thinasawhippet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com